getcap

Synopsis:
$getcap(arg)

Technical:
This function is a general purpose interface to capabilities that might be made available to the epic scripter. Right now, the only capability namespace is for termcap/terminfo. The $getcap( ) function takes at least one argument (the namespace) and a variable number of additional arguments, depending on the needs of the namespace.

The TERM namespace. Usage:
$getcap(TERM <capability name> <captype> <mangle>)
Where "TERM" is the literal string TERM
Where <capability name> is either a termcap capability name or a terminfo capability name or a "long name", as defined by the terminfo standard. A list of these names can usually be found by 'man terminfo' if you have ncurses installed.
Where <captype> is 0 if is a "long name", is 1 if is a "terminfo name", or is 2 if is a "termcap name".
Where <mangle> is 0 if you want the capability to be returned in its "raw" format, and 1 if you want control characters to be converted into a format suitable for use with /bind or for echoing to the screen.

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