Manpages - termcap.5

  5i	Printer will not echo on screen
  am	Automatic margins which means automatic line wrap
  bs	Control-H (8 dec.) performs a backspace
  bw	Backspace on left margin wraps to previous line and right margin
  da	Display retained above screen
  db	Display retained below screen
  eo	A space erases all characters at cursor position
  es	Escape sequences and special characters work in status line
  gn	Generic device
  hc	This is a hardcopy terminal
  HC	The cursor is hard to see when not on bottom line
  hs	Has a status line
  hz	Hazeltine bug, the terminal can not print tilde characters
  in	Terminal inserts null bytes, not spaces, to fill whitespace
  km	Terminal has a meta key
  mi	Cursor movement works in insert mode
  ms	Cursor movement works in standout/underline mode
  NP	No pad character
  NR	ti does not reverse te
  nx	No padding, must use XON/XOFF
  os	Terminal can overstrike
  ul	Terminal underlines although it can not overstrike
  xb	Beehive glitch, f1 sends ESCAPE, f2 sends ^C
  xn	Newline/wraparound glitch
  xo	Terminal uses xon/xoff protocol
  xs	Text typed over standout text will be displayed in standout
  xt	Teleray glitch, destructive tabs and odd standout mode

  co	Number of columns
  dB	Delay in milliseconds for backspace on hardcopy terminals
  dC	Delay in milliseconds for carriage return on hardcopy terminals
  dF	Delay in milliseconds for form feed on hardcopy terminals
  dN	Delay in milliseconds for new line on hardcopy terminals
  dT	Delay in milliseconds for tabulator stop on hardcopy terminals
  dV	Delay in milliseconds for vertical tabulator stop on
  	hardcopy terminals
  it	Difference between tab positions
  lh	Height of soft labels
  lm	Lines of memory
  lw	Width of soft labels
  li	Number of lines
  Nl	Number of soft labels
  pb	Lowest baud rate which needs padding
  sg	Standout glitch
  ug	Underline glitch
  vt	virtual terminal number
  ws	Width of status line if different from screen width

  !1	shifted save key
  !2	shifted suspend key
  !3	shifted undo key
  #1	shifted help key
  #2	shifted home key
  #3	shifted input key
  #4	shifted cursor left key
  %0	redo key
  %1	help key
  %2	mark key
  %3	message key
  %4	move key
  %5	next-object key
  %6	open key
  %7	options key
  %8	previous-object key
  %9	print key
  %a	shifted message key
  %b	shifted move key
  %c	shifted next key
  %d	shifted options key
  %e	shifted previous key
  %f	shifted print key
  %g	shifted redo key
  %h	shifted replace key
  %i	shifted cursor right key
  %j	shifted resume key
  &0	shifted cancel key
  &1	reference key
  &2	refresh key
  &3	replace key
  &4	restart key
  &5	resume key
  &6	save key
  &7	suspend key
  &8	undo key
  &9	shifted begin key
  *0	shifted find key
  *1	shifted command key
  *2	shifted copy key
  *3	shifted create key
  *4	shifted delete character
  *5	shifted delete line
  *6	select key
  *7	shifted end key
  *8	shifted clear line key
  *9	shifted exit key
  @0	find key
  @1	begin key
  @2	cancel key
  @3	close key
  @4	command key
  @5	copy key
  @6	create key
  @7	end key
  @8	enter/send key
  @9	exit key
  al	Insert one line
  AL	Insert %1 lines
  ac	Pairs of block graphic characters to map alternate character set
  ae	End alternative character set
  as	Start alternative character set for block graphic characters
  bc	Backspace, if not ^H
  bl	Audio bell
  bt	Move to previous tab stop
  cb	Clear from beginning of line to cursor
  cc	Dummy command character
  cd	Clear to end of screen
  ce	Clear to end of line
  ch	Move cursor horizontally only to column %1
  cl	Clear screen and cursor home
  cm	Cursor move to row %1 and column %2 (on screen)
  CM	Move cursor to row %1 and column %2 (in memory)
  cr	Carriage return
  cs	Scroll region from line %1 to %2
  ct	Clear tabs
  cv	Move cursor vertically only to line %1
  dc	Delete one character
  DC	Delete %1 characters
  dl	Delete one line
  DL	Delete %1 lines
  dm	Begin delete mode
  do	Cursor down one line
  DO	Cursor down #1 lines
  ds	Disable status line
  eA	Enable alternate character set
  ec	Erase %1 characters starting at cursor
  ed	End delete mode
  ei	End insert mode
  ff	Formfeed character on hardcopy terminals
  fs	Return character to its position before going to status line
  F1	The string sent by function key f11
  F2	The string sent by function key f12
  F3	The string sent by function key f13
  ...	...
  F9	The string sent by function key f19
  FA	The string sent by function key f20
  FB	The string sent by function key f21
  ...	...
  FZ	The string sent by function key f45
  Fa	The string sent by function key f46
  Fb	The string sent by function key f47
  ...	...
  Fr	The string sent by function key f63
  hd	Move cursor a half line down
  ho	Cursor home
  hu	Move cursor a half line up
  i1	Initialization string 1 at login
  i3	Initialization string 3 at login
  is	Initialization string 2 at login
  ic	Insert one character
  IC	Insert %1 characters
  if	Initialization file
  im	Begin insert mode
  ip	Insert pad time and needed special characters after insert
  iP	Initialization program
  K1	upper left key on keypad
  K2	center key on keypad
  K3	upper right key on keypad
  K4	bottom left key on keypad
  K5	bottom right key on keypad
  k0	Function key 0
  k1	Function key 1
  k2	Function key 2
  k3	Function key 3
  k4	Function key 4
  k5	Function key 5
  k6	Function key 6
  k7	Function key 7
  k8	Function key 8
  k9	Function key 9
  k;	Function key 10
  ka	Clear all tabs key
  kA	Insert line key
  kb	Backspace key
  kB	Back tab stop
  kC	Clear screen key
  kd	Cursor down key
  kD	Key for delete character under cursor
  ke	turn keypad off
  kE	Key for clear to end of line
  kF	Key for scrolling forward/down
  kh	Cursor home key
  kH	Cursor hown down key
  kI	Insert character/Insert mode key
  kl	Cursor left key
  kL	Key for delete line
  kM	Key for exit insert mode
  kN	Key for next page
  kP	Key for previous page
  kr	Cursor right key
  kR	Key for scrolling backward/up
  ks	Turn keypad on
  kS	Clear to end of screen key
  kt	Clear this tab key
  kT	Set tab here key
  ku	Cursor up key
  l0	Label of zeroth function key, if not f0
  l1	Label of first function key, if not f1
  l2	Label of first function key, if not f2
  ...	...
  la	Label of tenth function key, if not f10
  le	Cursor left one character
  ll	Move cursor to lower left corner
  LE	Cursor left %1 characters
  LF	Turn soft labels off
  LO	Turn soft labels on
  mb	Start blinking
  MC	Clear soft margins
  md	Start bold mode
  me	End all mode like so, us, mb, md, and mr
  mh	Start half bright mode
  mk	Dark mode (Characters invisible)
  ML	Set left soft margin
  mm	Put terminal in meta mode
  mo	Put terminal out of meta mode
  mp	Turn on protected attribute
  mr	Start reverse mode
  MR	Set right soft margin
  nd	Cursor right one character
  nw	Carriage return command
  pc	Padding character
  pf	Turn printer off
  pk	Program key %1 to send string %2 as if typed by user
  pl	Program key %1 to execute string %2 in local mode
  pn	Program soft label %1 to show string %2
  po	Turn the printer on
  pO	Turn the printer on for %1 (<256) bytes
  ps	Print screen contents on printer
  px	Program key %1 to send string %2 to computer
  r1	Reset string 1 to set terminal to sane modes
  r2	Reset string 2 to set terminal to sane modes
  r3	Reset string 3 to set terminal to sane modes
  RA	disable automatic margins
  rc	Restore saved cursor position
  rf	Reset string filename
  RF	Request for input from terminal
  RI	Cursor right %1 characters
  rp	Repeat character %1 for %2 times
  rP	Padding after character sent in replace mode
  rs	Reset string
  RX	Turn off XON/XOFF flow control
  sa	Set %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 attributes
  SA	enable automatic margins
  sc	Save cursor position
  se	End standout mode
  sf	Normal scroll one line
  SF	Normal scroll %1 lines
  so	Start standout mode
  sr	Reverse scroll
  SR	scroll back %1 lines
  st	Set tabulator stop in all rows at current column
  SX	Turn on XON/XOFF flow control
  ta	move to next hardware tab
  tc	Read in terminal description from another entry
  te	End program that uses cursor motion
  ti	Begin program that uses cursor motion
  ts	Move cursor to column %1 of status line
  uc	Underline character under cursor and move cursor right
  ue	End underlining
  up	Cursor up one line
  UP	Cursor up %1 lines
  us	Start underlining
  vb	Visible bell
  ve	Normal cursor visible
  vi	Cursor invisible
  vs	Standout cursor
  wi	Set window from line %1 to %2 and column %3 to %4
  XF	XOFF character if not ^S

There are several ways of defining the control codes for string capabilities:

Every normal character represents itself, except ’^’, ’\’, and ’%’.

A ^x means Control-x. Control-A equals 1 decimal.

\x means a special code. x can be one of the following characters:

E Escape (27)
n Linefeed (10)
r Carriage return (13)
t Tabulation (9)
b Backspace (8)
f Form feed (12)
0 Null character. A \xxx specifies the octal character xxx.

1. Increments parameters by one.
2. Single parameter capability
3. Add value of next character to this parameter and do binary output
4. Do ASCII output of this parameter with a field with of 2
5. Do ASCII output of this parameter with a field with of 3
6. Print a ’%’

If you use binary output, then you should avoid the null character (’\0’) because it terminates the string. You should reset tabulator expansion if a tabulator can be the binary output of a parameter.

Warning:

The above metacharacters for parameters may be wrong: they document Minix termcap which may not be compatible with Linux termcap.

The block graphic characters can be specified by three string capabilities:

as

start the alternative charset

ae

end the alternative charset

ac

pairs of characters. The first character is the name of the block graphic symbol and the second characters is its definition.

The following names are available:

  +	right arrow (>)
  ,	left arrow (<)
  .	down arrow (v)
  0	full square (#)
  I	lantern (#)
  -	upper arrow (^)
  '	rhombus (+)
  a	chess board (:)
  f	degree (')
  g	plus-minus (#)
  h	square (#)
  j	right bottom corner (+)
  k	right upper corner (+)
  l	left upper corner (+)
  m	left bottom corner (+)
  n	cross (+)
  o	upper horizontal line (-)
  q	middle horizontal line (-)
  s	bottom horizontal line (_)
  t	left tee (+)
  u	right tee (+)
  v	bottom tee (+)
  w	normal tee (+)
  x	vertical line (|)
  ~	paragraph (???)

The values in parentheses are suggested defaults which are used by the curses library, if the capabilities are missing.