X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Ftic.1m.html;h=1fac3285bbc25e460b4357e35a69955aa45cbe80;hp=d28609fe680f3ec5297a145e6fcedf7922df40c3;hb=3eda6f30a84d53844d2ebceadb457e2e7e9cfbf3;hpb=a3725e39272393790e32a083fd7391aad607828d;ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html b/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html index d28609fe..1fac3285 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html +++ b/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -45,19 +45,16 @@ - -
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tic - the terminfo entry-description compiler --
- tic [-01CDGIKLNTUVacfgqrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-Q[n]] +
+ tic [-01CDGIKLNTUVWacfgqrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-Q[n]] [-R subset] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file --
+
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). --
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-0 restricts the output to a single line -1 restricts the output to a single column @@ -281,12 +277,14 @@ program, and exits. -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. + 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 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: @@ -308,111 +306,107 @@ If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be one. - -wn specifies the width of the output. The parameter is + -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. -x Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined. That is, - if you supply a capability name which tic does not + if you supply a capability name which tic does not recognize, it will infer its type (boolean, number or - string) from the syntax and make an extended table + 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 + whose name begins with "k" are treated as function keys. --
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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 + in source format [see terminfo(5)]. Each descrip- + tion in the file describes the capabilities of a particular terminal. - If file is "-", then the data is read from the + If file is "-", then the data is read from the standard input. The file parameter may also be the path of a character-device. --
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All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are doc- umented in terminfo(5). The exception is the use capabil- ity. - When a use=entry-name field is discovered in a terminal - entry currently being compiled, tic reads in the binary - from /usr/share/terminfo to complete the entry. (Entries - created from file will be used first. tic duplicates the + When a use=entry-name field is discovered in a terminal + entry currently being compiled, tic reads in the binary + from /usr/share/terminfo to complete the entry. (Entries + created from file will be used first. tic duplicates the capabilities in entry-name for the current entry, with the - exception of those capabilities that explicitly are + exception of those capabilities that explicitly are defined in the current entry. - When an entry, e.g., entry_name_1, contains a - use=entry_name_2 field, any canceled capabilities in - entry_name_2 must also appear in entry_name_1 before use= + When an entry, e.g., entry_name_1, contains a + use=entry_name_2 field, any canceled capabilities in + entry_name_2 must also appear in entry_name_1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in entry_name_1. Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name - field cannot exceed 512 bytes. Terminal names exceeding - the maximum alias length (32 characters on systems with + field cannot exceed 512 bytes. Terminal names exceeding + the maximum alias length (32 characters on systems with long filenames, 14 characters otherwise) will be truncated - to the maximum alias length and a warning message will be + to the maximum alias length and a warning message will be printed. --
- 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 - that, but it does warn when description fields may be +
+ 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 + that, but it does warn when description fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous characters. --
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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 + ally compile termcap sources. In fact, entries in ter- + minfo and termcap syntax can be mixed in a single source file. See terminfo(5) for the list of termcap names taken to be equivalent to terminfo names. - The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution - rules for use capabilities. This implementation of tic + The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution + rules for use capabilities. This implementation of tic will find use targets anywhere in the source file, or any- - where in the file tree rooted at TERMINFO (if TERMINFO is + where in the file tree rooted at TERMINFO (if TERMINFO is defined), or in the user's $HOME/.terminfo database (if it - exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree + exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree of compiled entries. - The error messages from this tic have the same format as - GNU C error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's + The error messages from this tic have the same format as + GNU C error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility. - The -0, -1, -C, -G, -I, -N, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, - -o, -r, -s, -t and -x options are not supported under + The -0, -1, -C, -G, -I, -N, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, + -o, -r, -s, -t and -x options are not supported under SVr4. The SVr4 -c mode does not report bad use links. - System V does not compile entries to or read entries from - your $HOME/.terminfo database unless TERMINFO is explic- + System V does not compile entries to or read entries from + your $HOME/.terminfo database unless TERMINFO is explic- itly set to it. --
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/usr/share/terminfo/?/* Compiled terminal description database. --
- infocmp(1m), captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), toe(1m), +
+ infocmp(1m), captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), toe(1m), curses(3x), term(5). terminfo(5). - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905). + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170401). --
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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com> and Thomas E. Dickey <dickey@invisible-island.net>