Jonathan Gray <j...@jsg.id.au> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 09:34:51AM +0100, Laurence Tratt wrote: > > `man 7 term` contains the following: > > > > Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capability data > > underneath /usr/share/terminfo. To browse a list of all terminal names > > recognized by the system, do > > > > toe | more > > > > However, I cannot see a `toe` command on any of my OpenBSD boxes, nor does > > it seem to be a shell builtin, nor can I see any meaningful references in > > src/ other than in the man page source file. > > > > It's quite probable that I'm being an idiot, and that I should know how to > > run `toe`, but perhaps this reference in the man page is out of date? > > It is part of ncurses we don't build or have in the tree.
diff looks good. > On Thu, Sep 09, 2021 at 09:34:51AM +0100, Laurence Tratt wrote: > > `man 7 term` contains the following: > > > > Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capability data > > underneath /usr/share/terminfo. To browse a list of all terminal names > > recognized by the system, do > > > > toe | more > > > > However, I cannot see a `toe` command on any of my OpenBSD boxes, nor does > > it seem to be a shell builtin, nor can I see any meaningful references in > > src/ other than in the man page source file. > > > > It's quite probable that I'm being an idiot, and that I should know how to > > run `toe`, but perhaps this reference in the man page is out of date? > > It is part of ncurses we don't build or have in the tree. > > Index: term.7 > =================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/lib/libcurses/term.7,v > retrieving revision 1.9 > diff -u -p -r1.9 term.7 > --- term.7 3 Dec 2015 11:29:55 -0000 1.9 > +++ term.7 9 Sep 2021 09:10:14 -0000 > @@ -66,11 +66,8 @@ custom entry incorporating options (such > which you wish to override the system default type for your line. > .PP > Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capability data underneath > -\*d. To browse a list of all terminal names recognized by the system, do > -.sp > - toe | more > -.sp > -from your shell. These capability files are in a binary format optimized for > +\*d. > +These capability files are in a binary format optimized for > retrieval speed (unlike the old text-based \fBtermcap\fR format they > replace); > to examine an entry, you must use the \fBinfocmp\fR(1) command. > Invoke it as follows: >
