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tic - the terminfo entry-description compiler --
- tic [-01CDGIKLNTUVacfgrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-R sub- - set] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file +
+ tic [-01CDGIKLNTUVWacfgqrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-Q[n]] + [-R subset] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file --
+
The tic command translates a terminfo file from source format into compiled format. The compiled format is nec- essary for use with the library routines in ncurses(3x). @@ -118,8 +115,7 @@ o the system terminfo database (/usr/share/terminfo). --
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-0 restricts the output to a single line -1 restricts the output to a single column @@ -228,22 +224,35 @@ -odir Write compiled entries to given database location. Overrides the TERMINFO environment variable. + -Qn Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, + print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal + or base64 form, depending on the option's value: + + 1 hexadecimal + + 2 base64 + + 3 hexadecimal and base64 + + -q Suppress comments and blank lines when showing + translated source. + -Rsubset - Restrict output to a given subset. This option is - for use with archaic versions of terminfo like + Restrict output to a given subset. This option is + for use with archaic versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that do not support - the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and out- + the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and out- right broken ports like AIX 3.x that have their own - extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI. Available + extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI. Available subsets are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", "BSD" and "AIX"; see terminfo(5) for details. - -r Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining - tc capabilities) even when doing translation to + -r Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining + tc capabilities) even when doing translation to termcap format. This may be needed if you are pre- - paring a termcap file for a termcap library (such - as GNU termcap through version 1.3 or BSD termcap - through 4.3BSD) that does not handle multiple tc + paring a termcap file for a termcap library (such + as GNU termcap through version 1.3 or BSD termcap + through 4.3BSD) that does not handle multiple tc capabilities per entry. -s Summarize the compile by showing the database loca- @@ -251,28 +260,28 @@ of entries which are compiled. -T eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text. - This is mainly useful for testing and analysis, - since the compiled descriptions are limited (e.g., + This is mainly useful for testing and analysis, + since the compiled descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for terminfo). - -t tells tic to discard commented-out capabilities. + -t tells tic to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabilities are commented-out. - -U tells tic to not post-process the data after parsing - the source file. Normally, it infers data which is - commonly missing in older terminfo data, or in term- + -U tells tic to not post-process the data after parsing + the source file. Normally, it infers data which is + commonly missing in older terminfo data, or in term- caps. -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits. - -vn specifies that (verbose) output be written to stan- - dard error trace information showing tic's progress. - The optional parameter n is a number from 1 to 10, - inclusive, indicating the desired level of detail of - information. If n is omitted, the default level is - 1. If n is specified and greater than 1, the level + -vn specifies that (verbose) output be written to stan- + dard error trace information showing tic's progress. + The optional parameter n is a number from 1 to 10, + inclusive, indicating the desired level of detail of + information. If n is omitted, the default level is + 1. If n is specified and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased. The debug flag levels are as follows: @@ -289,12 +298,15 @@ 8 List of tokens encountered by scanner - 9 All values computed in construction of the + 9 All values computed in construction of the hash table - If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be + If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be one. + -W By itself, the -w option will not force long strings + to be wrapped. Use the -W option to do this. + -wn specifies the width of the output. The parameter is optional. If it is omitted, it defaults to 60. @@ -307,8 +319,7 @@ keys. --
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file contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in source format [see terminfo(5)]. Each descrip- tion in the file describes the capabilities of a @@ -319,8 +330,7 @@ path of a character-device. --
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All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are doc- umented in terminfo(5). The exception is the use capabil- ity. @@ -346,8 +356,7 @@ printed. --
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There is some evidence that historic tic implementations treated description fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases or short names. This tic does not do @@ -355,8 +364,7 @@ treated that way and check them for dangerous characters. --
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Unlike the SVr4 tic command, this implementation can actu- ally compile termcap sources. In fact, entries in ter- minfo and termcap syntax can be mixed in a single source @@ -384,22 +392,19 @@ itly set to it. --
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/usr/share/terminfo/?/* Compiled terminal description database. --
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infocmp(1m), captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), toe(1m), curses(3x), term(5). terminfo(5). - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808). + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20161231). --
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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>