Looks up an entry in the database. The name is most likely to be taken from the $TERM environment variable. Some massaging of the entry is done to amend with capabilities and support reasonable fallbacks.
name of the terminal (typically from $TERM)
terminal capabilities if known, null if not.
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Looks up an entry in the database. The name is most likely to be taken from the $TERM environment variable. Some massaging of the entry is done to amend with capabilities and support reasonable fallbacks.