X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fhtml%2Fman%2Ftic.1m.html;h=9b0b62122e9b66ce4ca684142baad532e9d8a13f;hp=7bc0446ee70c81edb1857c60a6db42ee662f7651;hb=8f6d94b8d6211a2323caef53fa4c96c475ec9a62;hpb=cb4427a16794d98049b4d790b810d62217501f9f diff --git a/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html b/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html index 7bc0446e..9b0b6212 100644 --- a/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html +++ b/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -284,74 +284,75 @@ -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 sup- - ply 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 entry for that. User-defined capability strings - whose name begins with "k" are treated as function keys. + -x Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined (see user_caps(5)). + That is, if you supply a capability name which tic does not recog- + nize, it will infer its type (boolean, number or string) from the + syntax and make an extended table entry for that. User-defined + capability strings whose name begins with "k" are treated as func- + tion keys.
- file contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in source - format [see terminfo(5)]. Each description in the file + file contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in source + format [see terminfo(5)]. Each description in the file describes the capabilities of a particular terminal. - If file is "-", then the data is read from the standard input. + If file is "-", then the data is read from the standard input. The file parameter may also be the path of a character-device.
- All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are documented in + All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are documented in 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, + 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. - 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 + 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 + 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 truncated 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 + 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 descrip- - tion fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous char- + tion fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous char- acters.
- Unlike the SVr4 tic command, this implementation can actually compile - termcap sources. In fact, entries in terminfo and termcap syntax can - be mixed in a single source file. See terminfo(5) for the list of + Unlike the SVr4 tic command, this implementation can actually compile + termcap sources. In fact, entries in terminfo 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 will find use targets any- - where in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at TER- - MINFO (if TERMINFO is defined), or in the user's $HOME/.terminfo data- + The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution rules for use + capabilities. This implementation of tic will find use targets any- + where in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at TER- + MINFO (if TERMINFO is defined), or in the user's $HOME/.terminfo data- base (if it 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 + 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 + 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 + System V does not compile entries to or read entries from your $HOME/.terminfo database unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it. @@ -362,9 +363,9 @@
infocmp(1m), captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), toe(1m), curses(3x), - term(5). terminfo(5). + term(5). terminfo(5). user_caps(5). - This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20190316). + This describes ncurses version 6.1 (patch 20190518).