X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Ftic.1m.html;h=3f273d35907d639f80409f5bc12afaf22569aa39;hp=83c220a4575e2963bb214813c3b94bb7d6f07a1c;hb=0485620c03e69b1b58a6b12e5e45c98415fc7575;hpb=b793748293cd1a764b1a858455399ad899b5a8a1 diff --git a/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html b/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html index 83c220a4..3f273d35 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html +++ b/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.63 2017/01/14 19:50:09 tom Exp @ + * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.65 2017/07/08 19:48:37 tom Exp @ --> @@ -79,19 +79,20 @@ minfo" leaf, versus a "terminfo.db" file. The results are normally placed in the system terminfo database - /usr/share/terminfo. The compiled terminal description can be placed - in a different terminfo database. There are two ways to achieve this: + /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo. The compiled terminal description can + be placed in a different terminfo database. There are two ways to + achieve this: - o First, you may override the system default either by using the -o - option, or by setting the variable TERMINFO in your shell environ- + o First, you may override the system default either by using the -o + option, or by setting the variable TERMINFO in your shell environ- ment to a valid database location. - o Secondly, if tic cannot write in /usr/share/terminfo or the loca- - tion specified using your TERMINFO variable, it looks for the - directory $HOME/.terminfo (or hashed database $HOME/.terminfo.db); - if that location exists, the entry is placed there. + o Secondly, if tic cannot write in /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo or + the location specified using your TERMINFO variable, it looks for + the directory $HOME/.terminfo (or hashed database $HOME/.ter- + minfo.db); if that location exists, the entry is placed there. - Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check in succes- + Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check in succes- sion o a location specified with the TERMINFO environment variable, @@ -100,10 +101,10 @@ o directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS environment variable, - o a compiled-in list of directories (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter- + o a compiled-in list of directories (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter- minfo:/usr/share/terminfo), and - o the system terminfo database (/usr/share/terminfo). + o the system terminfo database (/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo).
@@ -111,41 +112,41 @@ -1 restricts the output to a single column - -a tells tic to retain commented-out capabilities rather than dis- + -a tells tic to retain commented-out capabilities rather than dis- carding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with - a period. This sets the -x option, because it treats the com- - mented-out entries as user-defined names. If the source is - termcap, accept the 2-character names required by version 6. + a period. This sets the -x option, because it treats the com- + mented-out entries as user-defined names. If the source is + termcap, accept the 2-character names required by version 6. Otherwise these are ignored. - -C Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this differs - from the -C option of infocmp(1m) in that it does not merely + -C Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this differs + from the -C option of infocmp(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. The actual format used incorporates - some improvements for escaped characters from terminfo format. + to termcap format. 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, add the -K option. - If this is combined with -c, tic makes additional checks to - report cases where the terminfo values do not have an exact + If this is combined with -c, tic makes additional checks to + report cases where the terminfo values do not have an exact equivalent in termcap form. For example: - o sgr usually will not convert, because termcap lacks the - ability to work with more than two parameters, and because - termcap lacks many of the arithmetic/logical operators used + o sgr usually will not convert, because termcap lacks the + ability to work with more than two parameters, and because + termcap lacks many of the arithmetic/logical operators used in terminfo. - o capabilities with more than one delay or with delays before + o capabilities with more than one delay or with delays before the end of the string will not convert completely. - -c tells tic to only check file for errors, including syntax prob- - lems and bad use links. If you specify -C (-I) with this - option, the code will print warnings about entries which, after - use resolution, are more than 1023 (4096) bytes long. Due to a + -c tells tic to only check file for errors, including syntax prob- + lems and bad use links. If you specify -C (-I) 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, as well as buggy - checking for the buffer length (and a documented limit in ter- - minfo), these entries may cause core dumps with other implemen- + checking for the buffer length (and a documented limit in ter- + minfo), these entries may cause core dumps with other implemen- tations. tic checks string capabilities to ensure that those with parame- @@ -153,29 +154,29 @@ predefined string capabilities; those which are defined with the -x option are ignored. - -D tells tic to print the database locations that it knows about, + -D tells tic to print the database locations that it knows about, and exit. The first location shown is the one to which it would - write compiled terminal descriptions. If tic is not able to - find a writable database location according to the rules summa- - rized above, it will print a diagnostic and exit with an error + write compiled terminal descriptions. If tic is not able to + find a writable database location according to the rules summa- + rized above, it will print a diagnostic and exit with an error rather than printing a list of database locations. -e names - 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 + 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 + it. The option value is interpreted as a file containing the list if it contains a '/'. (Note: depending on how tic was com- piled, this option may require -I or -C.) - -f Display complex terminfo strings which contain + -f Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions indented for readability. - -G Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their + -G Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their character equivalents. - -g Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than + -g Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than their decimal equivalents. -I Force source translation to terminfo format. @@ -183,24 +184,24 @@ -K Suppress some longstanding ncurses extensions to termcap format, e.g., "\s" for space. - -L Force source translation to terminfo format using the long C + -L Force source translation to terminfo format using the long C variable names listed in <term.h> -N Disable smart defaults. Normally, when translating from termcap - to terminfo, the compiler makes a number of assumptions about - the defaults of string capabilities reset1_string, car- + to terminfo, the compiler makes a number of assumptions about + the defaults of string capabilities reset1_string, car- riage_return, cursor_left, cursor_down, scroll_forward, tab, newline, key_backspace, key_left, and key_down, then attempts to - use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values. It + use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values. It also normally suppresses output of obsolete termcap capabilities - such as bs. This option forces a more literal translation that + such as bs. This option forces a more literal translation that also preserves the obsolete capabilities. - -odir Write compiled entries to given database location. Overrides + -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, depend- + -Qn Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the + compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depend- ing on the option's value: 1 hexadecimal @@ -213,35 +214,35 @@ source. -Rsubset - 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 ter- - minfo; and outright broken ports like AIX 3.x that have their - own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI. Available subsets + 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 ter- + minfo; 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 terminfo(5) for details. - -r Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining tc capabili- - ties) 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 + -r Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining tc capabili- + ties) 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. - -s Summarize the compile by showing the database location into - which entries are written, and the number of entries which are + -s Summarize the compile by showing the database location into + which entries are written, and the number 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., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for ter- + -T 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 ter- minfo). - -t tells tic to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when - translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabili- + -t tells tic to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when + translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabili- ties are commented-out. - -U tells tic to not post-process the data after parsing the source + -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 termcaps. @@ -251,9 +252,9 @@ -vn specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace information showing tic's progress. - The optional parameter n is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive, + 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 + is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is ignored. If n is omitted, the default level is 1. If n is speci- fied and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased. @@ -275,9 +276,12 @@ 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 + -W By itself, the -w option will not force long strings to be wrapped. Use the -W option to do this. + If you specify both -f and -W options, the latter is ignored when + -f has already split the line. + -wn specifies the width of the output. The parameter is optional. If it is omitted, it defaults to 60. @@ -302,11 +306,11 @@ terminfo(5). The exception is the use capability. 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 defined in - the current entry. + being compiled, tic reads in the binary from + /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo to complete the entry. (Entries cre- + ated from file will be used first. tic duplicates the capabilities in + entry-name for the current entry, with the exception of those capabili- + ties 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 @@ -353,7 +357,7 @@
- /usr/share/terminfo/?/* + /usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo/?/* Compiled terminal description database. @@ -361,7 +365,7 @@ infocmp(1m), captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), toe(1m), curses(3x), term(5). terminfo(5). - This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170520). + This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170819).