How to read content of compiled terminfo files?

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rhish

Is there a way to read compiled terminfo files from ncurses? Like /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-256color? It's garbled like a binary when opened in vi. I can glean info with strings, but I want to see exactly what's in each file. And how it's formatted.

Because of a separate issue, I want to see the exact difference between xterm-256color and xterm+256color.
 
The ncurses routines that read the terminfo db are in the man page curs_terminfo: setupterm, tparm, tgetflag, tgetnum and tgetstr should return the capabilities of the terminal you specified. I used them once and don't remember exactly if they fits your need, also I had to read that man page 5-6 times before to get it.
 
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