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[PATCH 1/4] man/infotocap.1m: Expand.


From: G. Branden Robinson
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] man/infotocap.1m: Expand.
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 07:03:15 -0500

* This tool does not produce a termcap entry "equivalent" to a terminfo
  one.  There is no capacity for round-trip conversion to/from termcap.
* Document the `-V` option.
---
 man/infotocap.1m | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/man/infotocap.1m b/man/infotocap.1m
index 3cba7732..a6acf75f 100644
--- a/man/infotocap.1m
+++ b/man/infotocap.1m
@@ -55,10 +55,12 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 \fB\%@INFOTOCAP@\fP looks in each given text
 \fIfile\fP for \fIterminfo\fP descriptions.
 For each one found,
-it writes an equivalent \fItermcap\fP description to the standard output
+it writes an analogous \fItermcap\fP description to the standard output
 stream.
 \fIterminfo\fP \*(``\fBuse\fP\*('' capabilities are translated directly
 to \fItermcap\fP \fBtc\fP capabilities.
+Because \fItermcap\fP is a less expressive format than \fIterminfo\fP,
+some capabilities cannot be translated.
 .PP
 This utility is implemented as a link to \fB\%@TIC@\fP(1M),
 with the latter's
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ .SH DESCRIPTION
 .BR \-w ,
 and
 .BR \-x .
+The \fB\-V\fP option reports the version of \fIncurses\fP associated
+with this program and exits with a successful status.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 \fI\*d\fP
-- 
2.30.2

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