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<STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG> User commands <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>
<STRONG>-I</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format.
- <STRONG>-K</STRONG> Suppress some longstanding ncurses extensions to termcap format,
+ <STRONG>-K</STRONG> Suppress some longstanding <EM>ncurses</EM> extensions to termcap format,
e.g., "\s" for space.
<STRONG>-L</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format using the long C
file. Normally, it infers data which is commonly missing in older
terminfo data, or in termcaps.
- <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and
+ <STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of <EM>ncurses</EM> which was used in this program, and
exits.
<STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 9, inclusive,
indicating the desired level of detail of information.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> If ncurses is built without tracing support, the optional
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> If <EM>ncurses</EM> is built without tracing support, the optional
parameter is ignored.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> If <EM>n</EM> is omitted, the default level is 1.
<STRONG>-0</STRONG> <STRONG>-1</STRONG> <STRONG>-C</STRONG> <STRONG>-G</STRONG> <STRONG>-I</STRONG> <STRONG>-N</STRONG> <STRONG>-R</STRONG> <STRONG>-T</STRONG> <STRONG>-V</STRONG> <STRONG>-a</STRONG> <STRONG>-e</STRONG> <STRONG>-f</STRONG> <STRONG>-g</STRONG> <STRONG>-o</STRONG> <STRONG>-r</STRONG> <STRONG>-s</STRONG> <STRONG>-t</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> The NetBSD <STRONG>tic</STRONG> supports a few of the ncurses options
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> The NetBSD <STRONG>tic</STRONG> supports a few of the <EM>ncurses</EM> options
<STRONG>-a</STRONG> <STRONG>-o</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
Shortly after Issue 7 was released, Tru64 was discontinued. As of
2019, the surviving implementations of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> are SVr4 (AIX, HP-UX and
- Solaris), ncurses and NetBSD curses. The SVr4 <STRONG>tic</STRONG> programs all support
+ Solaris), <EM>ncurses</EM> and NetBSD curses. The SVr4 <STRONG>tic</STRONG> programs all support
the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option. The NetBSD <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program follows X/Open's documentation,
omitting the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option.
Release 4, the table of capabilities grew from 180 (<EM>pcurses</EM>) to 464
(Solaris).
- In early development of ncurses (1993), Zeyd Ben-Halim used the table
+ In early development of <EM>ncurses</EM> (1993), Zeyd Ben-Halim used the table
from <EM>mytinfo</EM> to extend the <EM>pcurses</EM> table to 469 capabilities (456
matched SVr4, 8 were only in SVr4, 13 were not in SVr4). Of those 13,
11 were ultimately discarded (perhaps to match the draft of X/Open
Curses). The exceptions were <STRONG>memory_lock_above</STRONG> and <STRONG>memory_unlock</STRONG> (see
<STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>).
- Eric Raymond incorporated parts of <EM>mytinfo</EM> into ncurses to implement
+ Eric Raymond incorporated parts of <EM>mytinfo</EM> into <EM>ncurses</EM> to implement
the termcap-to-terminfo source conversion, and extended that to begin
development of the corresponding terminfo-to-termcap source conversion,
Thomas Dickey completed that development over the course of several
capabilities.
In 2010, Roy Marples provided a <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program and terminfo library for
- NetBSD. That implementation adapts several features from ncurses,
+ NetBSD. That implementation adapts several features from <EM>ncurses</EM>,
including <STRONG>tic</STRONG>'s <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option.
The <STRONG>-c</STRONG> option tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to check for problems in the terminfo source
<STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>pcurses</EM> had 8 warnings
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> ncurses in 1996 had 16 warnings
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> in 1996 had 16 warnings
<STRONG>o</STRONG> Solaris (SVr4) curses has 28 warnings
<STRONG>o</STRONG> NetBSD tic in 2019 has 19 warnings.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> ncurses in 2019 has 96 warnings
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <EM>ncurses</EM> in 2019 has 96 warnings
- The checking done in ncurses' <STRONG>tic</STRONG> helps with the conversion to termcap,
+ The checking done in <EM>ncurses</EM>' <STRONG>tic</STRONG> helps with the conversion to termcap,
as well as pointing out errors and inconsistencies. It is also used to
ensure consistency with the user-defined capabilities. There are 527
- distinct capabilities in ncurses' terminal database; 128 of those are
+ distinct capabilities in <EM>ncurses</EM>' terminal database; 128 of those are
user-defined.
-ncurses 6.4 2023-12-
02 <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>
+ncurses 6.4 2023-12-
16 <STRONG><A HREF="tic.1m.html">tic(1m)</A></STRONG>
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