.\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998,1999,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2000,2002 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 *
.\" authorization. *
.\"***************************************************************************
.\"
-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.29 2000/08/19 18:51:05 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.33 2002/10/05 20:06:13 tom Exp $
.TH tic 1M ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
[\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-R\fR \fIsubset\fR]
[\fB-v\fR[\fIn\fR]]
[\fB-w\fR[\fIn\fR]]
\fIfile\fR
directory first, look at \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, and
finally look in \fI\*d\fR.
.TP
+\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
entries as user-defined names.
.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.
+.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
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 -I or -C.)
.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
Display constant literals in decimal form
rather than their character equivalents.
.TP
+\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
This option forces a more literal translation that also preserves the
obsolete capabilities.
.TP
+\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-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 through
+version 1.3 or BSD termcap through 4.3BSD) that does not handle multiple
+tc capabilities per entry.
+.TP
+\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-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-t\fR
+tells \fBtic\fP to discard commented-out capabilities.
+Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
+untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
+.TP
\fB-V\fR
reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
.TP
-\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
-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.)
-.TP
-\fB-f\fR
-Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions
-indented for readability.
-.TP
-\fB-g\fR
-Display constant character literals in quoted form
-rather than their decimal equivalents.
+\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-s\fR
-Summarize the compile by showing the directory into which entries
-are written, and the number of entries which are compiled.
+\fB-w\fR\fIn\fR
+specifies the width of the output.
.TP
\fB-x\fR
Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined.
9
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.
\fB-g\fR,
\fB-o\fR,
\fB-r\fR,
-\fB-s\fR and
+\fB-s\fR,
+\fB-t\fR and
\fB-x\fR
options
are not supported under SVr4.
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