HP-UX Reference (11i v3 07/02) - 4 File Formats (vol 8)

terminfo(4) terminfo(4)

(ENHANCED CURSES)

Sufﬁx Meaning Example

-w Wide mode (more than 80 columns) 5410-w

-am With automatic margins (usually default) vt100-am

-nam Without automatic margins vt100-nam

-n Number of lines on the screen 2300-40

-na No arrow keys (leave them in local) c100-na

-np Number of pages of memory c100-4p

-rv Reverse video 4415-rv

Variations of Terminal Deﬁnitions

It is implementation-deﬁned how the entries in terminfo may be created.

There is more than one way to write a terminfo entry. A minimal entry may permit applications to use

Curses to operate the terminal. If the entry is enhanced to describe more of the terminal’s capabilities,

applications can use Curses to invoke those features, and can take advantages of optimizations within

Curses and thus operate more efﬁciently. For most terminals, an optimal terminfo entry has already

been written.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

Environment Variables

CC Speciﬁes a substitute character for a prototype command character. See cmdch in the Miscel-

laneous subsection of the Insert/Delete Line section.

COLUMNS Speciﬁes column information that can override the column information in terminfo. See the

Selecting a Terminal section.

LINES Speciﬁes lines information that can override the lines information in terminfo. See the Select-

ing a Terminal section.

TERM Speciﬁes the name of the current terminal. See the Selecting a Terminal section.

TERMINFO

Speciﬁes an alternate location for a local terminal deﬁnition. If the value in TERM is not found

in $TERMINFO/?/* or if TERMINFO is not set, the value is sought in the default location,

/usr/lib/terminfo/?/*. See the Selecting a Terminal section.