1 files changed, 157 insertions, 5 deletions
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>
+