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10 <para>For installation instructions see <xref linkend="ch06-ncurses"/>.</para>
12 <sect2><title>Official Download Location</title>
14 <literallayout>Ncurses (&ncurses-version;):
15 <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses/"/>
18 <ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/lfs/cvs/ncurses-&ncurses-version;-etip-2.patch"/></literallayout>
22 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="ncurses-contents.xml"/>
25 <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
27 <para><command>captoinfo</command> converts a termcap description into a
28 terminfo description.</para>
30 <para><command>clear</command> clears the screen, if this is possible.</para>
32 <para><command>infocmp</command> compares or prints out terminfo
35 <para><command>infotocap</command> converts a terminfo description into
36 a termcap description.</para>
38 <para><command>reset</command> reinitializes a terminal to its default
41 <para><command>tack</command> is the terminfo action checker. It is mainly
42 used to test the correctness of an entry in the terminfo database.</para>
44 <para><command>tic</command> is the terminfo entry-description compiler.
45 It translates a terminfo file from source format into the binary format needed
46 for the ncurses library routines. A terminfo file contains information on the
47 capabilities of a certain terminal.</para>
49 <para><command>toe</command> lists all available terminal types, for each
50 giving its primary name and its description.</para>
52 <para><command>tput</command> makes the values of terminal-dependent
53 capabilities available to the shell. It can also be used to reset or initialize
54 a terminal, or report its long name.</para>
56 <para><command>tset</command> can be used to initialize terminals.</para>
58 <para><command>libncurses*</command> contain functions to display text in
59 many complicated ways on a terminal screen. A good example of the use of these
60 functions is the menu displayed during the kernel's make menuconfig.</para>
62 <para><command>libform*</command> contain functions to implement forms.</para>
64 <para><command>libmenu*</command> contain functions to implement menus.</para>
66 <para><command>libpanel*</command> contain functions to implement panels.</para>
72 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2003/XInclude" href="ncurses-deps.xml"/>