ncurses 5.5

[ncurses.git] / man / tic.1m

diff --git a/man/tic.1m b/man/tic.1m
index 829fe4009d2bd7299d8fe6875418a72dd5a7de2b..08de74aa90498b8cb97859e9ac34ab2e0ea76447 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tic.1m
+++ b/man/tic.1m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2004,2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *

 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *


@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.33 2002/10/05 20:06:13 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.38 2005/04/30 19:39:28 tom Exp $

 .TH tic 1M ""
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .TH tic 1M ""
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@


@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 \fBtic\fR - the \fIterminfo\fR entry-description compiler
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBtic\fR
 \fBtic\fR - the \fIterminfo\fR entry-description compiler
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBtic\fR

-[\fB\-\
+[\fB-\

 1\
 C\
 G\
 1\
 C\
 G\


@@ -86,9 +86,11 @@ tells \fBtic\fP to retain commented-out capabilities rather than discarding
 them.  Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with a period.
 This sets the \fB-x\fR option, because it treats the commented-out
 entries as user-defined names.
 them.  Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with a period.
 This sets the \fB-x\fR option, because it treats the commented-out
 entries as user-defined names.

+If the source is termcap, accept the 2-character names required by version 6.
+Otherwise these are ignored.

 .TP
 \fB-C\fR
 .TP
 \fB-C\fR

-Force source translation to termcap format.  Note: this differs from the -C
+Force source translation to termcap format.  Note: this differs from the \fB-C\fR

 option of \fIinfocmp\fR(1M) 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
 option of \fIinfocmp\fR(1M) 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


@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ 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 list if it
 contains a '/'.
 Otherwise no output will be generated for it.
 The option value is interpreted as a file containing the list if it
 contains a '/'.

-(Note: depending on how tic was compiled, this option may require -I or -C.)
+(Note: depending on how tic was compiled, this option may require \fB-I\fR or \fB-C\fR.)

 .TP
 \fB-f\fR
 Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions
 .TP
 \fB-f\fR
 Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions


@@ -132,10 +134,10 @@ Force source translation to terminfo format
 using the long C variable names listed in <\fBterm.h\fR>
 .TP
 \fB-N\fR
 using the long C variable names listed in <\fBterm.h\fR>
 .TP
 \fB-N\fR

-Disable smart defaults.  
-Normally, when translating from termcap to terminfo, the compiler makes 
+Disable smart defaults. 
+Normally, when translating from termcap to terminfo, the compiler makes

 a number of assumptions about the defaults of string capabilities
 a number of assumptions about the defaults of string capabilities

-\fBreset1_string\fR, \fBcarriage_return\fR, \fBcursor_left\fR, 
+\fBreset1_string\fR, \fBcarriage_return\fR, \fBcursor_left\fR,

 \fBcursor_down\fR, \fBscroll_forward\fR, \fBtab\fR, \fBnewline\fR,
 \fBkey_backspace\fR, \fBkey_left\fR, and \fBkey_down\fR, then attempts
 to use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values.  It also
 \fBcursor_down\fR, \fBscroll_forward\fR, \fBtab\fR, \fBnewline\fR,
 \fBkey_backspace\fR, \fBkey_left\fR, and \fBkey_down\fR, then attempts
 to use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values.  It also


@@ -194,6 +196,8 @@ Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined.
 That is, if you supply a capability name which \fBtic\fP does not recognize,
 it will infer its type (boolean, number or string) from the syntax and
 make an extended table entry for that.
 That is, if you supply a capability name which \fBtic\fP 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.

 .TP
 \fIfile\fR
 contains one or more \fBterminfo\fR terminal descriptions in source
 .TP
 \fIfile\fR
 contains one or more \fBterminfo\fR terminal descriptions in source


@@ -288,11 +292,11 @@ The
 \fB-o\fR,
 \fB-r\fR,
 \fB-s\fR,
 \fB-o\fR,
 \fB-r\fR,
 \fB-s\fR,

-\fB-t\fR and 
+\fB-t\fR and

 \fB-x\fR
 options
 are not supported under SVr4.
 \fB-x\fR
 options
 are not supported under SVr4.

-The SVr4 -c mode does not report bad use links.
+The SVr4 \fB-c\fR mode does not report bad use links.

 
 System V does not compile entries to or read entries from your
 \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR directory unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it.
 
 System V does not compile entries to or read entries from your
 \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR directory unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it.