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SYNOPSIS

-       tic  [-01CDGIKLNTUVacfgqrstx]  [-e names] [-o dir] [-Q[n]]
+       tic  [-01CDGIKLNTUVWacfgqrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-Q[n]]
        [-R subset] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file
 
 
@@ -277,12 +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:
 
@@ -304,25 +306,28 @@
             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.
 
 
 

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
+              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.
 
@@ -332,60 +337,60 @@
        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.
 
 
 

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
-       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.
 
 
 

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
+       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.
 
 
@@ -395,10 +400,10 @@
 
 
 

SEE ALSO

-       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 20160130).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20170128).
 
 
 

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