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# [NAME](#NAME)

unibi\_dummy - construct a dummy terminal object

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
 #include <unibilium.h>
 
 unibi_term *unibi_dummy(void);
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

If you want to create a terminfo entry from scratch, use this function to create a dummy "unibi\_term". Set its capabilities with the various "unibi\_set\_\*" functions, get the terminfo representation with "unibi\_dump", and free it with "unibi\_destroy".

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**unibilium.h**(3)](/man/os/unibilium/unibilium.h.3), [**unibi\_dump**(3)](/man/os/unibilium/unibi_dump.3), [**unibi\_destroy**(3)](/man/os/unibilium/unibi_destroy.3), [**unibi\_from\_mem**(3)](/man/os/unibilium/unibi_from_mem.3)

2026-08-30 unibilium-2.1.4

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Document: unibi_dummy(3) from unibilium 2.1.4-r0 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/neovim/unibilium