ncurses 5.9 - patch 20110807

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

diff --git a/man/tic.1m b/man/tic.1m
index 2e1c24ec170615bfac524c7742c66754df58d895..38cb19c0562ce0bd19a4f67f00050f1a7f0bd4b5 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tic.1m
+++ b/man/tic.1m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 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 1.46 2010/08/28 19:41:09 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.49 2011/08/06 17:49:46 tom Exp $

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


@@ -35,10 +35,12 @@
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBtic\fR
 [\fB\-\
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 \fBtic\fR
 [\fB\-\

+0\

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

+K\

 L\
 N\
 T\
 L\
 N\
 T\


@@ -81,6 +83,9 @@ Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check for a TERMINFO
 directory first, look at \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, and
 finally look in \fI\*d\fR.
 .TP
 directory first, look at \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, and
 finally look in \fI\*d\fR.
 .TP

+\fB\-0\fR
+restricts the output to a single line
+.TP

 \fB\-1\fR
 restricts the output to a single column
 .TP
 \fB\-1\fR
 restricts the output to a single column
 .TP


@@ -101,6 +106,9 @@ 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.
 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, use the \fB\-K\fR option.

 .TP
 \fB\-c\fR
 tells \fBtic\fP to only check \fIfile\fR for errors, including syntax problems and
 .TP
 \fB\-c\fR
 tells \fBtic\fP to only check \fIfile\fR for errors, including syntax problems and


@@ -108,9 +116,11 @@ 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.
 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.
+Due to a fixed buffer length in older termcap libraries,
+as well as buggy checking for the buffer length
+(and a documented limit in terminfo),
+these entries may cause core
+dumps with other implementations.

 .TP
 \fB\-e \fR\fInames\fR
 Limit writes and translations to the following comma-separated list of
 .TP
 \fB\-e \fR\fInames\fR
 Limit writes and translations to the following comma-separated list of


@@ -308,6 +318,8 @@ The error messages from this \fBtic\fR have the same format as GNU C
 error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
 .PP
 The
 error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
 .PP
 The

+\fB\-0\fR,
+\fB\-1\fR,

 \fB\-C\fR,
 \fB\-G\fR,
 \fB\-I\fR,
 \fB\-C\fR,
 \fB\-G\fR,
 \fB\-I\fR,


@@ -349,9 +361,3 @@ Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
 and
 .br
 Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>
 and
 .br
 Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>

-.\"#
-.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
-.\"# Local Variables:
-.\"# mode:nroff
-.\"# fill-column:79
-.\"# End: