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+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2002,2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.26 2000/03/19 02:18:18 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.35 2003/05/11 00:32:53 tom Exp $
.TH tic 1M ""
.ds n 5
-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
\fBtic\fR - the \fIterminfo\fR entry-description compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
[\fB\-\
1\
C\
+G\
I\
+L\
N\
-R\
T\
+V\
a\
c\
f\
+g\
r\
s\
+t\
x\
\fR]
-[\fB-e\fR \fInames\fR]
-[\fB-o\fR \fIdir\fR]
-[\fB-v\fR[\fIn\fR]]
-[\fB-w\fR[\fIn\fR]]
+[\fB\-e\fR \fInames\fR]
+[\fB\-o\fR \fIdir\fR]
+[\fB\-R\fR \fIsubset\fR]
+[\fB\-v\fR[\fIn\fR]]
+[\fB\-w\fR[\fIn\fR]]
\fIfile\fR
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
directory first, look at \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, and
finally look in \fI\*d\fR.
.TP
-\fB-a\fR
+\fB\-1\fR
+restricts the output to a single column
+.TP
+\fB\-a\fR
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
+This sets the \fB\-x\fR option, because it treats the commented-out
entries as user-defined names.
.TP
-\fB-c\fR
+\fB\-C\fR
+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
+but commented out with two preceding dots.
+.TP
+\fB\-c\fR
tells \fBtic\fP to only check \fIfile\fR for errors, including syntax problems and
-bad use links. If you specify \fB-C\fR (\fB-I\fR) with this option, the code
+bad use links. If you specify \fB\-C\fR (\fB\-I\fR) 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 (and a documented limit in terminfo), these entries may cause core
dumps.
.TP
-\fB-v\fR\fIn\fR
-specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
-information showing \fBtic\fR's progress. The optional integer
-\fIn\fR is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive, indicating the desired
-level of detail of information. If \fIn\fR is omitted, the default
-level is 1. If \fIn\fR is specified and greater than 1, the level of
-detail is increased.
-.TP
-\fB-o\fR\fIdir\fR
-Write compiled entries to given directory. Overrides the TERMINFO environment
-variable.
-.TP
-\fB-w\fR\fIn\fR
-specifies the width of the output.
-.TP
-\fB-1\fR
-restricts the output to a single column
+\fB\-e \fR\fInames\fR
+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 list if it
+contains a '/'.
+(Note: depending on how tic was compiled, this option may require \fB\-I\fR or \fB\-C\fR.)
.TP
-\fB-C\fR
-Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this differs from the -C
-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
-but commented out with two preceding dots.
+\fB\-f\fR
+Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions
+indented for readability.
.TP
-\fB-G\fR
+\fB\-G\fR
Display constant literals in decimal form
rather than their character equivalents.
.TP
-\fB-I\fR
+\fB\-g\fR
+Display constant character literals in quoted form
+rather than their decimal equivalents.
+.TP
+\fB\-I\fR
Force source translation to terminfo format.
.TP
-\fB-L\fR
+\fB\-L\fR
Force source translation to terminfo format
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
+\fB\-N\fR
+Disable smart defaults.
+Normally, when translating from termcap to terminfo, the compiler makes
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
This option forces a more literal translation that also preserves the
obsolete capabilities.
.TP
-\fB-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
+\fB\-o\fR\fIdir\fR
+Write compiled entries to given directory. Overrides the TERMINFO environment
+variable.
+.TP
+\fB\-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
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 don't support
+versions of terminfo like those on SVr1, Ultrix, or HP/UX that do not support
the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; 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 \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for details.
.TP
-\fB-T\fR
-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 terminfo).
-.TP
-\fB-r\fR
+\fB\-r\fR
Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining tc capabilities) 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 up
-to version 1.3 or BSD termcap up to 4.3BSD) that doesn't handle multiple
+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.
.TP
-\fB-e\fR
-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 list if it
-contains a '/'.
-(Note: depending on how tic was compiled, this option may require -I or -C.)
+\fB\-s\fR
+Summarize the compile by showing the directory into which entries
+are written, and the number of entries which are compiled.
.TP
-\fB-f\fR
-Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions
-indented for readability.
+\fB\-T\fR
+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 terminfo).
.TP
-\fB-g\fR
-Display constant character literals in quoted form
-rather than their decimal equivalents.
+\fB\-t\fR
+tells \fBtic\fP to discard commented-out capabilities.
+Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
+untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
.TP
-\fB-s\fR
-Summarize the compile by showing the directory into which entries
-are written, and the number of entries which are compiled.
+\fB\-V\fR
+reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
+.TP
+\fB\-v\fR\fIn\fR
+specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
+information showing \fBtic\fR's progress. The optional integer
+\fIn\fR is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive, indicating the desired
+level of detail of information. If \fIn\fR is omitted, the default
+level is 1. If \fIn\fR is specified and greater than 1, the level of
+detail is increased.
+.TP
+\fB\-w\fR\fIn\fR
+specifies the width of the output.
.TP
-\fB-x\fR
+\fB\-x\fR
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
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All values computed in construction of the hash table
.LP
-If n is not given, it is taken to be one.
+If the debug level \fIn\fR is not given, it is taken to be one.
.PP
All but one of the capabilities recognized by \fBtic\fR are documented
in \fBterminfo\fR(\*n). The exception is the \fBuse\fR capability.
error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
The
-\fB-C\fR,
-\fB-G\fR,
-\fB-I\fR,
-\fB-N\fR,
-\fB-R\fR,
-\fB-T\fR,
-\fB-a\fR,
-\fB-e\fR,
-\fB-f\fR,
-\fB-g\fR,
-\fB-o\fR,
-\fB-r\fR,
-\fB-s\fR and
-\fB-x\fR
+\fB\-C\fR,
+\fB\-G\fR,
+\fB\-I\fR,
+\fB\-N\fR,
+\fB\-R\fR,
+\fB\-T\fR,
+\fB\-V\fR,
+\fB\-a\fR,
+\fB\-e\fR,
+\fB\-f\fR,
+\fB\-g\fR,
+\fB\-o\fR,
+\fB\-r\fR,
+\fB\-s\fR,
+\fB\-t\fR and
+\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.
\fB\*d/?/*\fR
Compiled terminal description database.
.SH SEE ALSO
-\fBinfocmp\fR(1M), \fBcaptoinfo\fR(1M), \fBinfotocap\fR(1M), \fBtoe\fR(1M),
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
+\fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M), \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR(1M), \fB@INFOTOCAP@\fR(1M),
+\fB@TOE@\fR(1M), \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
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