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diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses.xml b/chapter06/ncurses.xml index 88c276898..e7826c407 100644 --- a/chapter06/ncurses.xml +++ b/chapter06/ncurses.xml @@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ <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> @@ -19,11 +17,6 @@ handling of character screens.</para> <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, Sed</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -45,17 +38,15 @@ Gawk, GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <screen><userinput>chmod 755 /usr/lib/*.&ncurses-version;</userinput></screen> -<para>Now fix a library that shouldn't be executable:</para> +<para>Now fix a library:</para> <screen><userinput>chmod 644 /usr/lib/libncurses++.a</userinput></screen> -<para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory, -where they're expected to reside:</para> +<para>Move the libraries to the <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> directory:</para> <screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen> -<para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks are pointing to -non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para> +<para>Recreate some symlinks:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so.5 /usr/lib/libncurses.so ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen> @@ -64,138 +55,7 @@ ln -sf libncurses.so /usr/lib/libcurses.so</userinput></screen> <sect2 id="contents-ncurses" role="content"><title>Contents of Ncurses</title> -<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], libpanel.[a,so]</seg></seglistitem> -</segmentedlist> - -<variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title> - -<varlistentry id="captoinfo"> -<term><command>captoinfo</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses captoinfo"><primary sortas="b-captoinfo">captoinfo</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a termcap description into a terminfo description.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="clear"> -<term><command>clear</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses clear"><primary sortas="b-clear">clear</primary></indexterm> -<para>clears the screen, if this is possible.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="infocmp"> -<term><command>infocmp</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infocmp"><primary sortas="b-infocmp">infocmp</primary></indexterm> -<para>compares or prints out terminfo descriptions.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="infotocap"> -<term><command>infotocap</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses infotocap"><primary sortas="b-infotocap">infotocap</primary></indexterm> -<para>converts a terminfo description into a termcap description.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="reset"> -<term><command>reset</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses reset"><primary sortas="b-reset">reset</primary></indexterm> -<para>reinitializes a terminal to its default values.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tack"> -<term><command>tack</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tack"><primary sortas="b-tack">tack</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the terminfo action checker. It is mainly -used to test the correctness of an entry in the terminfo database.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tic"> -<term><command>tic</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tic"><primary sortas="b-tic">tic</primary></indexterm> -<para>is the terminfo entry-description compiler. -It 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> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="toe"> -<term><command>toe</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses toe"><primary sortas="b-toe">toe</primary></indexterm> -<para>lists all available terminal types, for each -giving its primary name and its description.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tput"> -<term><command>tput</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tput"><primary sortas="b-tput">tput</primary></indexterm> -<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> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="tset"> -<term><command>tset</command></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses tset"><primary sortas="b-tset">tset</primary></indexterm> -<para>can be used to initialize terminals.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libncurses"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">>libncurses*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libncurses"><primary sortas="c-libncurses*">libncurses*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to display text in -many complicated 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> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libform"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libform*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libform"><primary sortas="c-libform*">libform*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to implement forms.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libmenu"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libmenu*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libmenu"><primary sortas="c-libmenu*">libmenu*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to implement menus.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> - -<varlistentry id="libpanel"> -<term><filename class="libraryfile">libpanel*</filename></term> -<listitem> -<indexterm zone="ch-system-ncurses libpanel"><primary sortas="c-libpanel*">libpanel*</primary></indexterm> -<para>contains functions to implement panels.</para> -</listitem> -</varlistentry> -</variablelist> +<para>See testing</para> </sect2> |