{ "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "# toe (man)\n\n## NAME\n\ntoe - table of (terminfo) entries\n\n## SYNOPSIS\n\ntoe [-v[n]] [-ahsuUV] file...\n\n## DESCRIPTION\n\nWith no options, toe lists all available terminal types by primary name with descriptions.\nFile arguments specify the directories to be scanned; if no such arguments are given, your\ndefault terminfo directory is scanned. If you also specify the -h option, a directory header\nwill be issued as each directory is entered.\n\n## Sections\n\n- **NAME**\n- **SYNOPSIS**\n- **DESCRIPTION** (6 subsections)\n- **EXAMPLES**\n- **FILES**\n- **HISTORY**\n- **SEE ALSO**\n\nUse structuredContent.sections for detailed options, examples, and full documentation.\n" } ], "structuredContent": { "command": "toe", "section": "", "mode": "man", "summary": "toe - table of (terminfo) entries", "synopsis": "toe [-v[n]] [-ahsuUV] file...", "tldr_summary": null, "tldr_examples": [], "tldr_source": null, "flags": [ { "flag": "-a", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "the first one that it finds. If the -s is also given, toe adds a column to the report, showing (like conflict(1)) which entries which belong to a given terminal database. An \"*\" marks entries which differ, and \"+\" marks equivalent entries. Without the -s option, toe does not attempt to merge duplicates in its report" }, { "flag": "-s", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "" }, { "flag": "-u", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "says to write a report to the standard output, listing dependencies in the given ter‐ minfo/termcap source file. The report condenses the “use” relation: each line con‐ sists of the primary name of a terminal that has use capabilities, followed by a colon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which occur in those use capabilities, followed by a newline" }, { "flag": "-U", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "says to write a report to the standard output, listing reverse dependencies in the given terminfo/termcap source file. The report reverses the “use” relation: each line consists of the primary name of a terminal that occurs in use capabilities, followed by a colon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which depend on it, followed by a newline." }, { "flag": "-v", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "The optional parameter n is a number from 1 to 10, interpreted as for tic(1). If ncurses is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is ignored." }, { "flag": "-V", "long": null, "arg": null, "description": "" } ], "examples": [ "Without sorting, the -a option reports all of the names found in all of the terminal data‐", "bases found by the TERMINFO and TERMINFODIRS environment variables:", "MtxOrb162 16x2 Matrix Orbital LCD display", "MtxOrb204 20x4 Matrix Orbital LCD display", "MtxOrb Generic Matrix Orbital LCD display", "qvt101+ qume qvt 101 PLUS product", "qvt119+-25 QVT 119 PLUS with 25 data lines", "qansi-g QNX ANSI", "qvt103 qume qvt 103", "qnxw QNX4 windows", "qansi-w QNX ansi for windows", "qnxm QNX4 with mouse events", "qvt203-25-w QVT 203 PLUS with 25 by 132 columns", "qansi-t QNX ansi without console writes", ". . .", "Use the -a and -s options together to show where each terminal description was found:", "--> /usr/local/ncurses/share/terminfo", "----> /usr/share/terminfo", "*-+-: 9term Plan9 terminal emulator for X", "*---: Eterm Eterm with xterm-style color support (X Window System)", "*-*-: Eterm-256color Eterm with xterm 256-colors", "*-*-: Eterm-88color Eterm with 88 colors", "*-+-: MtxOrb Generic Matrix Orbital LCD display", "*-+-: MtxOrb162 16x2 Matrix Orbital LCD display", "*-+-: MtxOrb204 20x4 Matrix Orbital LCD display", "*-*-: NCR260VT300WPP NCR 2900260 vt300 wide mode pc+ kybd", "*-+-: aaa ann arbor ambassador/30 lines", "*-+-: aaa+dec ann arbor ambassador in dec vt100 mode", "*-+-: aaa+rv ann arbor ambassador in reverse video", ". . ." ], "see_also": [ { "name": "captoinfo", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/captoinfo/1/json" }, { "name": "infocmp", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/infocmp/1/json" }, { "name": "infotocap", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/infotocap/1/json" }, { "name": "tic", "section": "1", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/tic/1/json" }, { "name": "ncurses", "section": "3NCURSES", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/ncurses/3NCURSES/json" }, { "name": "terminfo", "section": "5", "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/terminfo/5/json" } ], "section_outline": [ { "name": "NAME", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SYNOPSIS", "lines": 2, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "DESCRIPTION", "lines": 7, "subsections": [ { "name": "-a", "lines": 8, "flag": "-a" }, { "name": "-s", "lines": 1, "flag": "-s" }, { "name": "-u", "lines": 6, "flag": "-u" }, { "name": "-U", "lines": 6, "flag": "-U" }, { "name": "-v", "lines": 3, "flag": "-v" }, { "name": "-V", "lines": 1, "flag": "-V" } ] }, { "name": "EXAMPLES", "lines": 34, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "FILES", "lines": 3, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "HISTORY", "lines": 15, "subsections": [] }, { "name": "SEE ALSO", "lines": 7, "subsections": [] } ], "sections": { "NAME": { "content": "toe - table of (terminfo) entries\n", "subsections": [] }, "SYNOPSIS": { "content": "toe [-v[n]] [-ahsuUV] file...\n", "subsections": [] }, "DESCRIPTION": { "content": "With no options, toe lists all available terminal types by primary name with descriptions.\nFile arguments specify the directories to be scanned; if no such arguments are given, your\ndefault terminfo directory is scanned. If you also specify the -h option, a directory header\nwill be issued as each directory is entered.\n\nThere are other options intended for use by terminfo file maintainers:\n", "subsections": [ { "name": "-a", "content": "the first one that it finds.\n\nIf the -s is also given, toe adds a column to the report, showing (like conflict(1))\nwhich entries which belong to a given terminal database. An \"*\" marks entries which\ndiffer, and \"+\" marks equivalent entries.\n\nWithout the -s option, toe does not attempt to merge duplicates in its report\n", "flag": "-a" }, { "name": "-s", "content": "", "flag": "-s" }, { "name": "-u", "content": "says to write a report to the standard output, listing dependencies in the given ter‐\nminfo/termcap source file. The report condenses the “use” relation: each line con‐\nsists of the primary name of a terminal that has use capabilities, followed by a\ncolon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which occur\nin those use capabilities, followed by a newline\n", "flag": "-u" }, { "name": "-U", "content": "says to write a report to the standard output, listing reverse dependencies in the\ngiven terminfo/termcap source file. The report reverses the “use” relation: each line\nconsists of the primary name of a terminal that occurs in use capabilities, followed\nby a colon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary names of all terminals which\ndepend on it, followed by a newline.\n", "flag": "-U" }, { "name": "-v", "content": "The optional parameter n is a number from 1 to 10, interpreted as for tic(1). If\nncurses is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is ignored.\n", "flag": "-v" }, { "name": "-V", "content": "", "flag": "-V" } ] }, "EXAMPLES": { "content": "Without sorting, the -a option reports all of the names found in all of the terminal data‐\nbases found by the TERMINFO and TERMINFODIRS environment variables:\n\nMtxOrb162 16x2 Matrix Orbital LCD display\nMtxOrb204 20x4 Matrix Orbital LCD display\nMtxOrb Generic Matrix Orbital LCD display\nqvt101+ qume qvt 101 PLUS product\nqvt119+-25 QVT 119 PLUS with 25 data lines\nqansi-g QNX ANSI\nqvt103 qume qvt 103\nqnxw QNX4 windows\nqansi-w QNX ansi for windows\nqnxm QNX4 with mouse events\nqvt203-25-w QVT 203 PLUS with 25 by 132 columns\nqansi-t QNX ansi without console writes\n. . .\n\nUse the -a and -s options together to show where each terminal description was found:\n\n--> /usr/local/ncurses/share/terminfo\n----> /usr/share/terminfo\n*-+-: 9term Plan9 terminal emulator for X\n*---: Eterm Eterm with xterm-style color support (X Window System)\n*-*-: Eterm-256color Eterm with xterm 256-colors\n*-*-: Eterm-88color Eterm with 88 colors\n*-+-: MtxOrb Generic Matrix Orbital LCD display\n*-+-: MtxOrb162 16x2 Matrix Orbital LCD display\n*-+-: MtxOrb204 20x4 Matrix Orbital LCD display\n*-*-: NCR260VT300WPP NCR 2900260 vt300 wide mode pc+ kybd\n*-+-: aaa ann arbor ambassador/30 lines\n*-+-: aaa+dec ann arbor ambassador in dec vt100 mode\n*-+-: aaa+rv ann arbor ambassador in reverse video\n. . .\n", "subsections": [] }, "FILES": { "content": "/etc/terminfo/?/*\nCompiled terminal description database.\n", "subsections": [] }, "HISTORY": { "content": "This utility is not provided by other implementations. There is no relevant X/Open or POSIX\nstandard for toe.\n\nThe program name refers to a developer's pun:\n\n• tic,\n\n• tac (now tack),\n\n• toe.\n\nIt replaced a -T option which was briefly supported by the ncurses infocmp utility in 1995.\n\nThe -a and -s options were added to toe several years later (2006 and 2011, respectively).\n", "subsections": [] }, "SEE ALSO": { "content": "captoinfo(1), infocmp(1), infotocap(1), tic(1), ncurses(3NCURSES), terminfo(5).\n\nThis describes ncurses version 6.3 (patch 20211021).\n\n\n\ntoe(1)", "subsections": [] } } } }