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From: hansen@pegasus.UUCP (Tony L. Hansen)
Newsgroups: net.info-terms,net.unix-wizards
Subject: terminfo/termcap conversion programs available
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Date: Tue, 26-Nov-85 14:48:48 EST
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< Subject: Re: Sysline on a vt100
< ...
< Here's the standard terminfo for both flavors of status line on vt100.
< You can easily translate this into termcap if you like.

Now available within the AT&T UNIX System Toolchest are two tools which make
such translations easy: infocmp and captoinfo. Both tools will be included
with System Vr3.

Among many other options, "infocmp -C" will attempt to convert a terminfo
entry into a termcap entry.  Some of the other things that infocmp can do
are to compare terminfo binaries and dump them out in source format.

Captoinfo, of course, turns termcap entries into terminfo entries. It is
very complete in its translation, even handling the ko and ma strings. It
will also point out many errors found in the termcap source.

The cost for these tools is very low. To contact the Toolchest, call up
1-201-522-6900 and login as "guest", no password.

					Tony Hansen
					ihnp4!pegasus!hansen