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NAME

+

NAME

        tic - the terminfo entry-description compiler
 
 
-
-

SYNOPSIS

-       tic  [-01CDGIKLNTUVacfgrstx]  [-e names] [-o dir] [-R sub-
-       set] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file
+

SYNOPSIS

+       tic  [-01CDGIKLNTUVWacfgqrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-Q[n]]
+       [-R subset] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file
 
 
-
-

DESCRIPTION

+

DESCRIPTION

        The tic command translates a  terminfo  file  from  source
        format  into compiled format.  The compiled format is nec-
        essary for use with the library routines in ncurses(3x).
@@ -118,8 +115,7 @@
        o   the system terminfo database (/usr/share/terminfo).
 
 
-
-

OPTIONS

+

OPTIONS

        -0     restricts the output to a single line
 
        -1     restricts the output to a single column
@@ -228,22 +224,35 @@
        -odir  Write  compiled entries to given database location.
               Overrides the TERMINFO environment variable.
 
+       -Qn    Rather than show source in terminfo (text)  format,
+              print  the  compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal
+              or base64 form, depending on the option's value:
+
+               1  hexadecimal
+
+               2  base64
+
+               3  hexadecimal and base64
+
+       -q     Suppress comments  and  blank  lines  when  showing
+              translated source.
+
        -Rsubset
-              Restrict output to a given subset.  This option  is
-              for  use  with  archaic  versions  of terminfo like
+              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 do not support
-              the  full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and out-
+              the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and  out-
               right broken ports like AIX 3.x that have their own
-              extensions  incompatible  with SVr4/XSI.  Available
+              extensions incompatible with  SVr4/XSI.   Available
               subsets  are  "SVr1",  "Ultrix",  "HP",  "BSD"  and
               "AIX"; see terminfo(5) for details.
 
-       -r     Force  entry  resolution (so there are no remaining
-              tc capabilities) even  when  doing  translation  to
+       -r     Force entry resolution (so there are  no  remaining
+              tc  capabilities)  even  when  doing translation to
               termcap format.  This may be needed if you are pre-
-              paring 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
+              paring  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.
 
        -s     Summarize the compile by showing the database loca-
@@ -251,29 +260,31 @@
               of entries which are compiled.
 
        -T     eliminates size-restrictions on the generated text.
-              This is mainly useful  for  testing  and  analysis,
-              since  the compiled descriptions are limited (e.g.,
+              This  is  mainly  useful  for testing and analysis,
+              since the compiled descriptions are limited  (e.g.,
               1023 for termcap, 4096 for terminfo).
 
-       -t     tells tic to  discard  commented-out  capabilities.
+       -t     tells  tic  to  discard commented-out capabilities.
               Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
               untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
 
-       -U   tells tic to not post-process the data after  parsing
-            the  source  file.  Normally, it infers data which is
-            commonly missing in older terminfo data, or in  term-
+       -U   tells  tic to not post-process the data after parsing
+            the source file.  Normally, it infers data  which  is
+            commonly  missing in older terminfo data, or in term-
             caps.
 
        -V   reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
             program, and exits.
 
-       -vn  specifies that (verbose) output be written  to  stan-
-            dard  error trace information showing tic's progress.
+       -vn  specifies  that  (verbose) output be written to stan-
+            dard error trace information showing tic's progress.
+
             The optional parameter n is a number from  1  to  10,
             inclusive,  indicating the desired level of detail of
-            information.  If n is omitted, the default  level  is
-            1.   If  n is specified and greater than 1, the level
-            of detail is increased.
+            information.  If ncurses  is  built  without  tracing
+            support,  the optional parameter is ignored.  If n is
+            omitted, the default level is 1.  If n  is  specified
+            and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.
 
             The debug flag levels are as follows:
 
@@ -289,12 +300,15 @@
 
             8      List of tokens encountered by scanner
 
-            9      All values computed  in  construction  of  the
+            9      All  values  computed  in  construction of the
                    hash table
 
-            If  the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be
+            If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to  be
             one.
 
+       -W   By  itself, the -w option will not force long strings
+            to be wrapped.  Use the -W option to do this.
+
        -wn  specifies the width of the output.  The parameter  is
             optional.  If it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
 
@@ -307,8 +321,7 @@
             keys.
 
 
-
-

PARAMETERS

+

PARAMETERS

        file   contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions
               in source format [see terminfo(5)].  Each  descrip-
               tion  in  the  file describes the capabilities of a
@@ -319,8 +332,7 @@
               path of a character-device.
 
 
-
-

PROCESSING

+

PROCESSING

        All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are doc-
        umented in terminfo(5).  The exception is the use capabil-
        ity.
@@ -346,8 +358,7 @@
        printed.
 
 
-
-

COMPATIBILITY

+

COMPATIBILITY

        There is some evidence that historic  tic  implementations
        treated  description  fields with no whitespace in them as
        additional aliases or short names.  This tic does  not  do
@@ -355,8 +366,7 @@
        treated that way and check them for dangerous characters.
 
 
-
-

EXTENSIONS

+

EXTENSIONS

        Unlike the SVr4 tic command, this implementation can actu-
        ally  compile  termcap  sources.  In fact, entries in ter-
        minfo and termcap syntax can be mixed in a  single  source
@@ -384,22 +394,19 @@
        itly set to it.
 
 
-
-

FILES

+

FILES

        /usr/share/terminfo/?/*
             Compiled terminal description database.
 
 
-
-

SEE ALSO

+

SEE ALSO

        infocmp(1m),   captoinfo(1m),   infotocap(1m),    toe(1m),
        curses(3x), term(5).  terminfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150725).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170401).
 
 
-
-

AUTHOR

+

AUTHOR

        Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and
        Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>