Icod.TermInfo.Tools 1.17.0

Icod.TermInfo.Tools

Icod.TermInfo.Tools is the installable .NET tool router for the managed Icod.TermInfo command suite. The package installs one command, icod-terminfo, which dispatches to the existing tic, infocmp, toe, captoinfo, and infotocap implementations without duplicating their semantics.

The tool targets net10.0 and requires a .NET 10 runtime.

1.16 hashed publication

Version 1.16.0 adds tic --database-format directory|hashed. The routed command publishes the same bytes as standalone tic:

icod-terminfo tic --database-format hashed -s -o ./terminfo.db source.ti
icod-terminfo infocmp -A ./terminfo.db demo-alias
icod-terminfo toe -s ./terminfo.db

Hashed publication requires an exact -o file path and an existing parent directory. No suffix is appended. --force replaces the whole database with the selected source entries; directory output remains the default. See tic for the full contract.

Compatibility with 1.15

Version 1.15.0 preserves the five-command router contract, installed-tool validation, and six-RID standalone archive topology. It adds reviewed explicit hashed-file acquisition for infocmp -A/-B and human toe operands without changing frozen JSON routes, conventional ambient discovery, or tic publication.

The coordinated tool version advances with the reusable package family so a single release identity covers Runtime, Source, Compiler, Inspection, Termcap, BerkeleyDb, and the tool distribution.

Install

dotnet tool install --global Icod.TermInfo.Tools --version 1.16.0

Update or remove the global tool with:

dotnet tool update --global Icod.TermInfo.Tools --version 1.16.0
dotnet tool uninstall --global Icod.TermInfo.Tools

For repository-local or application-local use:

dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install Icod.TermInfo.Tools --version 1.16.0
dotnet tool run icod-terminfo --version

The package installs only:

icod-terminfo

It does not install global commands named tic, infocmp, toe, captoinfo, or infotocap. Those traditional names belong to separately downloaded standalone release archives.

Commands

icod-terminfo tic -V
icod-terminfo infocmp -V
icod-terminfo toe -V
icod-terminfo captoinfo -V
icod-terminfo infotocap -V

The router strips the first command token and delegates the remaining arguments, streams, diagnostics, cancellation, and exit status to the corresponding command implementation.

Frozen command features

The coordinated command line retains the features added by earlier releases, including:

• infocmp -u deterministic relative-source synthesis from 1.7;
• infocmp --plan-use bounded deterministic parent planning from 1.8;
• infocmp --json machine-readable description/comparison/plan forms from 1.9;
• toe --json machine-readable database catalogs from 1.9; and
• the additive 1.10 multi-database automation forms.

Examples:

icod-terminfo infocmp -u target parent
icod-terminfo infocmp --plan-use target candidate
icod-terminfo infocmp --json target
icod-terminfo infocmp --json -d left right
icod-terminfo infocmp --json --plan-use target candidate
icod-terminfo infocmp --json --plan-use --all-candidates -B directory target
icod-terminfo toe --json directory

The router owns no terminfo semantics and does not reparse command-specific options. Direct and routed forms are required to preserve the same behavior and, for deterministic machine-readable/source outputs, byte-identical content.

Standalone archives

The release distribution also provides framework-dependent .NET 10 archives for:

win-x64
win-arm64
linux-x64
linux-arm64
osx-x64
osx-arm64

Each archive contains the traditional tic, infocmp, toe, captoinfo, and infotocap launcher names plus their managed dependencies. Archive users provide the .NET 10 runtime and choose the unpack/install location.

Release validation

PR validation installs the freshly packed Icod.TermInfo.Tools package and executes router smoke on supported hosts. The release pipeline also builds and structurally verifies all six archive RIDs and executes matching-host archive smoke. Version 1.16 adds explicit hashed publication through tic; the other commands retain their established contracts.

See the root ../README.md, ../docs/VERSIONING.md, and ../docs/COMPATIBILITY.md for the coordinated release contract.