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minfo" leaf, versus a "terminfo.db" file.
The results are normally placed in the system terminfo database
- <STRONG>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</STRONG>. The compiled terminal description can
- be placed in a different terminfo database. There are two ways to
- achieve this:
+ <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG>. The compiled terminal description can be placed
+ in a different terminfo database. There are two ways to achieve this:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> First, you may override the system default either by using the <STRONG>-o</STRONG>
- option, or by setting the variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> in your shell environ-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> First, you may override the system default either by using the <STRONG>-o</STRONG>
+ option, or by setting the variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> in your shell environ-
ment to a valid database location.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Secondly, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot write in <EM>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</EM> or
- the location specified using your TERMINFO variable, it looks for
- the directory <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> (or hashed database <EM>$HOME/.ter-</EM>
- <EM>minfo.db)</EM>; if that location exists, the entry is placed there.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Secondly, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot write in <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM> or the loca-
+ tion specified using your TERMINFO variable, it looks for the
+ directory <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> (or hashed database <EM>$HOME/.terminfo.db)</EM>;
+ if that location exists, the entry is placed there.
- Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check in succes-
+ Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check in succes-
sion
<STRONG>o</STRONG> a location specified with the TERMINFO environment variable,
<STRONG>o</STRONG> directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS environment variable,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> a compiled-in list of directories (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> a compiled-in list of directories (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-
minfo:/usr/share/terminfo), and
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> the system terminfo database (<EM>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</EM>).
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> the system terminfo database (<EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG>-1</STRONG> restricts the output to a single column
- <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than dis-
+ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than dis-
carding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with
- a period. This sets the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option, because it treats the com-
- mented-out entries as user-defined names. If the source is
- termcap, accept the 2-character names required by version 6.
+ a period. This sets the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option, because it treats the com-
+ mented-out entries as user-defined names. If the source is
+ termcap, accept the 2-character names required by version 6.
Otherwise these are ignored.
- <STRONG>-C</STRONG> Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this differs
- from the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> in that it does not merely
+ <STRONG>-C</STRONG> Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this differs
+ from the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> in that it does not merely
translate capability names, but also translates terminfo strings
- to termcap format. Capabilities that are not translatable are
- left in the entry under their terminfo names but commented out
- with two preceding dots. The actual format used incorporates
- some improvements for escaped characters from terminfo format.
+ to termcap format. Capabilities that are not translatable are
+ left in the entry under their terminfo names but commented out
+ with two preceding dots. The actual format used incorporates
+ some improvements for escaped characters from terminfo format.
For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, add the <STRONG>-K</STRONG> option.
- If this is combined with <STRONG>-c</STRONG>, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> makes additional checks to
- report cases where the terminfo values do not have an exact
+ If this is combined with <STRONG>-c</STRONG>, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> makes additional checks to
+ report cases where the terminfo values do not have an exact
equivalent in termcap form. For example:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> usually will not convert, because termcap lacks the
- ability to work with more than two parameters, and because
- termcap lacks many of the arithmetic/logical operators used
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> usually will not convert, because termcap lacks the
+ ability to work with more than two parameters, and because
+ termcap lacks many of the arithmetic/logical operators used
in terminfo.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> capabilities with more than one delay or with delays before
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> capabilities with more than one delay or with delays before
the end of the string will not convert completely.
- <STRONG>-c</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to only check <EM>file</EM> for errors, including syntax prob-
- lems and bad use links. If you specify <STRONG>-C</STRONG> (<STRONG>-I</STRONG>) with this
- option, the code will print warnings about entries which, after
- use resolution, are more than 1023 (4096) bytes long. Due to a
+ <STRONG>-c</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to only check <EM>file</EM> for errors, including syntax prob-
+ lems and bad use-links. If you specify <STRONG>-C</STRONG> (<STRONG>-I</STRONG>) with this
+ option, the code will print warnings about entries which, after
+ use resolution, are more than 1023 (4096) bytes long. Due to a
fixed buffer length in older termcap libraries, as well as buggy
- checking for the buffer length (and a documented limit in ter-
- minfo), these entries may cause core dumps with other implemen-
+ checking for the buffer length (and a documented limit in ter-
+ minfo), these entries may cause core dumps with other implemen-
tations.
<STRONG>tic</STRONG> checks string capabilities to ensure that those with parame-
predefined string capabilities; those which are defined with the
<STRONG>-x</STRONG> option are ignored.
- <STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to print the database locations that it knows about,
+ <STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to print the database locations that it knows about,
and exit. The first location shown is the one to which it would
- write compiled terminal descriptions. If <STRONG>tic</STRONG> is not able to
- find a writable database location according to the rules summa-
- rized above, it will print a diagnostic and exit with an error
+ write compiled terminal descriptions. If <STRONG>tic</STRONG> is not able to
+ find a writable database location according to the rules summa-
+ rized above, it will print a diagnostic and exit with an error
rather than printing a list of database locations.
<STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>names</EM>
- Limit writes and translations to the following comma-separated
- list of terminals. If any name or alias of a terminal matches
- one of the names in the list, the entry will be written or
+ Limit writes and translations to the following comma-separated
+ list of terminals. If any name or alias of a terminal matches
+ one of the names in the list, the entry will be written or
translated as normal. Otherwise no output will be generated for
- it. The option value is interpreted as a file containing the
+ it. The option value is interpreted as a file containing the
list if it contains a '/'. (Note: depending on how tic was com-
piled, this option may require <STRONG>-I</STRONG> or <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.)
- <STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain
+ <STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain
if/then/else/endif expressions indented for readability.
- <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their
+ <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their
character equivalents.
- <STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
+ <STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
their decimal equivalents.
<STRONG>-I</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format.
<STRONG>-K</STRONG> Suppress some longstanding ncurses extensions to termcap format,
e.g., "\s" for space.
- <STRONG>-L</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format using the long C
+ <STRONG>-L</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format using the long C
variable names listed in <<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>>
<STRONG>-N</STRONG> Disable smart defaults. Normally, when translating from termcap
- to terminfo, the compiler makes a number of assumptions about
- the defaults of string capabilities <STRONG>reset1_string</STRONG>, <STRONG>car-</STRONG>
+ to terminfo, the compiler makes a number of assumptions about
+ the defaults of string capabilities <STRONG>reset1_string</STRONG>, <STRONG>car-</STRONG>
<STRONG>riage_return</STRONG>, <STRONG>cursor_left</STRONG>, <STRONG>cursor_down</STRONG>, <STRONG>scroll_forward</STRONG>, <STRONG>tab</STRONG>,
<STRONG>newline</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_backspace</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_left</STRONG>, and <STRONG>key_down</STRONG>, then attempts to
- use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values. It
+ use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values. It
also normally suppresses output of obsolete termcap capabilities
- such as <STRONG>bs</STRONG>. This option forces a more literal translation that
+ such as <STRONG>bs</STRONG>. This option forces a more literal translation that
also preserves the obsolete capabilities.
- <STRONG>-o</STRONG><EM>dir</EM> Write compiled entries to given database location. Overrides
+ <STRONG>-o</STRONG><EM>dir</EM> Write compiled entries to given database location. Overrides
the TERMINFO environment variable.
- <STRONG>-Q</STRONG><EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the
- compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depend-
+ <STRONG>-Q</STRONG><EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the
+ compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depend-
ing on the option's value:
1 hexadecimal
source.
<STRONG>-R</STRONG><EM>subset</EM>
- 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 ter-
- minfo; and outright broken ports like AIX 3.x that have their
- own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI. Available subsets
+ 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 ter-
+ minfo; and outright broken ports like AIX 3.x that have their
+ own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI. Available subsets
are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", "BSD" and "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for
details.
- <STRONG>-r</STRONG> Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining tc capabili-
- ties) even when doing translation to termcap format. This may
- be needed if you are preparing 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
+ <STRONG>-r</STRONG> Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining tc capabili-
+ ties) even when doing translation to termcap format. This may
+ be needed if you are preparing 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.
- <STRONG>-s</STRONG> Summarize the compile by showing the database location into
- which entries are written, and the number of entries which are
+ <STRONG>-s</STRONG> Summarize the compile by showing the database location into
+ which entries are written, and the number of entries which are
compiled.
- <STRONG>-T</STRONG> eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text. This is
- mainly useful for testing and analysis, since the compiled
- descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for ter-
+ <STRONG>-T</STRONG> eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text. This is
+ mainly useful for testing and analysis, since the compiled
+ descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for ter-
minfo).
- <STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when
- translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabili-
+ <STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when
+ translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabili-
ties are commented-out.
- <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to not post-process the data after parsing the source
+ <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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 termcaps.
<STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
information showing <STRONG>tic</STRONG>'s progress.
- The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
+ The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
indicating the desired level of detail of information. If ncurses
- is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is
+ is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is
ignored. If <EM>n</EM> is omitted, the default level is 1. If <EM>n</EM> is speci-
fied and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.
If the debug level <EM>n</EM> is not given, it is taken to be one.
- <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings to be
+ <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings to be
wrapped. Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
- If you specify both <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options, the latter is ignored when
+ If you specify both <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options, the latter is ignored when
<STRONG>-f</STRONG> has already split the line.
<STRONG>-w</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies the width of the output. The parameter is optional. If
it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined. That is, if you sup-
- ply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not recognize, it will infer
- its type (boolean, number or string) from the syntax and make an
- extended table entry for that. User-defined capability strings
- whose name begins with "k" are treated as function keys.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined (see <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>).
+ That is, if you supply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not recog-
+ nize, it will infer its type (boolean, number or string) from the
+ syntax and make an extended table entry for that. User-defined
+ capability strings whose name begins with "k" are treated as func-
+ tion keys.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-PARAMETERS">PARAMETERS</a></H3><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>. The exception is the <STRONG>use</STRONG> capability.
When a <STRONG>use</STRONG>=<EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> field is discovered in a terminal entry currently
- being compiled, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> reads in the binary from
- <STRONG>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</STRONG> to complete the entry. (Entries cre-
- ated from <EM>file</EM> will be used first. <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the capabilities in
- <EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> for the current entry, with the exception of those capabili-
- ties that explicitly are defined in the current entry.
+ being compiled, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> reads in the binary from <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> to
+ complete the entry. (Entries created from <EM>file</EM> will be used first.
+ <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> for the current entry,
+ with the exception of those capabilities that explicitly are defined in
+ the current entry.
When an entry, e.g., <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>, contains a <STRONG>use=</STRONG><EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> field,
any canceled capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> must also appear in
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo/?/*</STRONG>
+ <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo/?/*</STRONG>
Compiled terminal description database.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
<STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.0 (patch 20170819).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.1 (patch 20190518).
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
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