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@@ -1,10 +1,59 @@
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+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.29 2000/08/19 18:51:05 tom Exp $
 .TH tic 1M ""
 .ds n 5
-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@
 .SH NAME
 \fBtic\fR - the \fIterminfo\fR entry-description compiler
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBtic\fR [\fB-v\fR[\fIn\fR]] [\fB-w\fR[\fIn\fR]] [\fB-1hcpICNRrsTu\fR] [\fB-e\fR \fInames\fR] \fIfile\fR
+\fBtic\fR
+[\fB\-\
+1\
+C\
+I\
+N\
+R\
+T\
+V\
+a\
+c\
+f\
+r\
+s\
+x\
+\fR]
+[\fB-e\fR \fInames\fR]
+[\fB-o\fR \fIdir\fR]
+[\fB-v\fR[\fIn\fR]]
+[\fB-w\fR[\fIn\fR]]
+\fIfile\fR
 .br
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The command \fBtic\fR translates a \fBterminfo\fR file from source
@@ -25,11 +74,14 @@ Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check for a TERMINFO
 directory first, look at \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, and
 finally look in \fI\*d\fR.
 .TP
-\fB-h\fR
-Print help message and exit.
+\fB-a\fR
+tells \fBtic\fP to retain commented-out capabilities rather than discarding
+them.  Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with a period.
+This sets the \fB-x\fR option, because it treats the commented-out
+entries as user-defined names.
 .TP
 \fB-c\fR
-specifies to only check \fIfile\fR for errors, including syntax problems and
+tells \fBtic\fP to only check \fIfile\fR for errors, including syntax problems and
 bad use links.  If you specify \fB-C\fR (\fB-I\fR) 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
@@ -54,10 +106,16 @@ specifies the width of the output.
 \fB-1\fR
 restricts the output to a single column
 .TP
-\fB-T\fR
-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 terminfo).
+\fB-C\fR
+Force source translation to termcap format.  Note: this differs from the -C
+option of \fIinfocmp\fR(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.
+.TP
+\fB-G\fR
+Display constant literals in decimal form
+rather than their character equivalents.
 .TP
 \fB-I\fR
 Force source translation to terminfo format.
@@ -66,13 +124,6 @@ Force source translation to terminfo format.
 Force source translation to terminfo format
 using the long C variable names listed in <\fBterm.h\fR>
 .TP
-\fB-C\fR
-Force source translation to termcap format.  Note: this differs from the -C
-option of \fIinfocmp\fR(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.
-.TP
 \fB-N\fR
 Disable smart defaults.  
 Normally, when translating from termcap to terminfo, the compiler makes 
@@ -88,22 +139,26 @@ obsolete capabilities.
 \fB-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
 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 don't support
-the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and outright broken ports like AIX
+the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; 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 \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) for details.
 .TP
-\fI-r\fR
+\fB-T\fR
+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 terminfo).
+.TP
+\fB-V\fR
+reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits.
+.TP
+\fB-r\fR
 Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining tc capabilities) 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 up
 to version 1.3 or BSD termcap up to 4.3BSD) that doesn't handle multiple
 tc capabilities per entry.
 .TP
-\fI-s\fR
-Summarize the compile by showing the directory into which entries
-are written, and the number of entries which are compiled.
-.TP
-\fI-e\fR
+\fB-e\fR
 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
@@ -113,6 +168,24 @@ The option value is interpreted as a file containing the list if it
 contains a '/'.
 (Note: depending on how tic was compiled, this option may require -I or -C.)
 .TP
+\fB-f\fR
+Display complex terminfo strings which contain if/then/else/endif expressions
+indented for readability.
+.TP
+\fB-g\fR
+Display constant character literals in quoted form
+rather than their decimal equivalents.
+.TP
+\fB-s\fR
+Summarize the compile by showing the directory into which entries
+are written, and the number of entries which are compiled.
+.TP
+\fB-x\fR
+Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined.
+That is, if you supply a capability name which \fBtic\fP does not recognize,
+it will infer its type (boolean, number or string) from the syntax and
+make an extended table entry for that.
+.TP
 \fIfile\fR
 contains one or more \fBterminfo\fR terminal descriptions in source
 format [see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)].  Each description in the file
@@ -165,8 +238,9 @@ If the environment variable \fBTERMINFO\fR is set, the compiled
 results are placed there instead of \fB\*d\fR.
 
 Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes.  The name field cannot
-exceed 128 bytes.  Terminal names exceeding 14 characters will be
-truncated to 14 characters and a warning message will be printed.
+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 printed.
 .SH COMPATIBILITY
 There is some evidence that historic \fBtic\fR implementations treated
 description fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases or
@@ -190,7 +264,23 @@ compiled entries.
 The error messages from this \fBtic\fR have the same format as GNU C
 error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
 
-The -o, -I, -C, -N, -R, -h, -e, -T, -r and -s options
+The
+\fB-C\fR,
+\fB-G\fR,
+\fB-I\fR,
+\fB-N\fR,
+\fB-R\fR,
+\fB-T\fR,
+\fB-V\fR,
+\fB-a\fR,
+\fB-e\fR,
+\fB-f\fR,
+\fB-g\fR,
+\fB-o\fR,
+\fB-r\fR,
+\fB-s\fR and
+\fB-x\fR
+options
 are not supported under SVr4.
 The SVr4 -c mode does not report bad use links.
 
@@ -201,8 +291,8 @@ System V does not compile entries to or read entries from your
 \fB\*d/?/*\fR
 Compiled terminal description database.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-\fBinfocmp\fR(1m), \fBcaptoinfo\fR(1m), \fBinfotocap\fR(1m), \fBtoe\fR(1m),
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
+\fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M), \fB@CAPTOINFO@\fR(1M), \fB@INFOTOCAP@\fR(1M),
+\fB@TOE@\fR(1M), \fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
 .\"#
 .\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS
 .\"# Local Variables: