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author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-02-19 22:16:42 +0000 |
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committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-02-19 22:16:42 +0000 |
commit | 81fd230419b0cfd052b08fc1ed352bb7d49975df (patch) | |
tree | 24c98d2876e5b457dcb88d39e7cca4905f58691a /chapter06/ncurses.xml | |
parent | 2f9131f8390243dbc350fe2eeb9e1d58f0264888 (diff) |
Trunk is now identical to Testing
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@4648 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml index 61050f6ca..90ff64b51 100644 --- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml +++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml @@ -3,13 +3,15 @@ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" xreflabel="Ncurses" role="wrap"> +<sect1 id="ch-system-ncurses" role="wrap"> <title>Ncurses-&ncurses-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="ncurses.html"?> <indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses"><primary sortas="a-Ncurses">Ncurses</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> +<para>The Ncurses package contains libraries for terminal-independent +handling of character screens.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.6 SBU</seg><seg>27 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Ncurses installation depends on</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, +Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -30,6 +37,8 @@ <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> +<para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> + <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> @@ -38,15 +47,17 @@ <screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen> -<para>Now fix a library:</para> +<para>Fix a library that should not be executable:</para> <screen><userinput>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libncurses++.a</userinput></screen> -<para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory:</para> +<para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory, +where they are expected to reside:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen> -<para>Recreate some symlinks:</para> +<para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks are pointing to +non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen> @@ -55,8 +66,149 @@ ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content"><title>Contents of Ncurses</title> -<para>See testing</para> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>captoinfo (link to tic), clear, infocmp, infotocap (link to tic), +reset (link to tset), tack, tic, toe, tput, and tset</seg> +<seg>libcurses.[a,so] (link to libncurses.[a,so]), libform.[a,so], libmenu.[a,so], +libncurses++.a, libncurses.[a,so], and libpanel.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> + +<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> +<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + +<varlistentry id="captoinfo"> +<term><command>captoinfo</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Converts a termcap description into a terminfo description</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo"><primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="clear"> +<term><command>clear</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Clears the screen, if possible</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear"><primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="infocmp"> +<term><command>infocmp</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Compares or prints out terminfo descriptions</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp"><primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="infotocap"> +<term><command>infotocap</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Converts a terminfo description into a termcap description</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap"><primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="reset"> +<term><command>reset</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Reinitializes a terminal to its default values</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset"><primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="tack"> +<term><command>tack</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>The terminfo action checker; it is mainly used to test the +accuracy of an entry in the terminfo database</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack"><primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="tic"> +<term><command>tic</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>The terminfo entry-description compiler that translates a +terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed for the +ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the +capabilities of a certain terminal</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic"><primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="toe"> +<term><command>toe</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Lists all available terminal types, giving the primary name and +description for each</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe"><primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="tput"> +<term><command>tput</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Makes the values of terminal-dependent capabilities available to +the shell; it can also be used to reset or initialize a terminal or +report its long name</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput"><primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="tset"> +<term><command>tset</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>Can be used to initialize terminals</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset"><primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libcurses"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libcurses</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>A link to <filename>libncurses</filename></para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libcurses"><primary sortas="c-libcurses">libcurses</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libncurses"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libncurses</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>Contains functions to display text in many complex ways on a +terminal screen; a good example of the use of these functions is the +menu displayed during the kernel's <command>make menuconfig</command></para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses"><primary sortas="c-libncurses">libncurses</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libform"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libform</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>Contains functions to implement forms</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform"><primary sortas="c-libform">libform</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libmenu"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>Contains functions to implement menus</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu"><primary sortas="c-libmenu">libmenu</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="libpanel"> +<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel</filename></term> +<listitem> +<para>Contains functions to implement panels</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel"><primary sortas="c-libpanel">libpanel</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> + |