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--- a/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html
+++ b/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html
@@ -80,19 +80,20 @@
        minfo" leaf, versus a "terminfo.db" file.
 
        The  results  are  normally  placed  in  the  system  terminfo database
        minfo" leaf, versus a "terminfo.db" file.
 
        The  results  are  normally  placed  in  the  system  terminfo database

-       <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG>.  The compiled terminal description can  be  placed
-       in a different terminfo database.  There are two ways to achieve this:
+       <STRONG>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</STRONG>.  The compiled terminal description can
+       be  placed  in  a  different  terminfo database.  There are two ways to
+       achieve this:

 
 

-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   First,  you  may override the system default either by using the <STRONG>-o</STRONG>
-           option, or by setting the variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> in your shell  environ-
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   First, you may override the system default either by using  the  <STRONG>-o</STRONG>
+           option,  or by setting the variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> in your shell environ-

            ment to a valid database location.
 
            ment to a valid database location.
 

-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Secondly,  if  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot write in <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM> or the loca-
-           tion specified using your  TERMINFO  variable,  it  looks  for  the
-           directory  <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> (or hashed database <EM>$HOME/.terminfo.db)</EM>;
-           if that location exists, the entry is placed there.
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   Secondly, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot write in <EM>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</EM> or
+           the  location  specified using your TERMINFO variable, it looks for
+           the  directory  <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM>  (or  hashed  database  <EM>$HOME/.ter-</EM>
+           <EM>minfo.db)</EM>; 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
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a location specified with the TERMINFO environment variable,
        sion
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a location specified with the TERMINFO environment variable,


@@ -101,14 +102,14 @@
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS environment variable,
 
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS environment variable,
 

-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a  compiled-in  list  of directories (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   a compiled-in list  of  directories  (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-

            minfo:/usr/share/terminfo), and
 
            minfo:/usr/share/terminfo), and
 

-       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the system terminfo database (<EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>).
+       <STRONG>o</STRONG>   the system terminfo database (<EM>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</EM>).

 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-ALIASES">ALIASES</a></H3><PRE>
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-ALIASES">ALIASES</a></H3><PRE>

-       This is the same program as infotocap and captoinfo; usually those  are
+       This  is the same program as infotocap and captoinfo; usually those are

        linked to, or copied from this program:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   When invoked as infotocap, tic sets the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option.
        linked to, or copied from this program:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   When invoked as infotocap, tic sets the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option.


@@ -121,41 +122,41 @@
 
        <STRONG>-1</STRONG>     restricts the output to a single column
 
 
        <STRONG>-1</STRONG>     restricts the output to a single column
 

-       <STRONG>-a</STRONG>     tells  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than dis-
+       <STRONG>-a</STRONG>     tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than  dis-

               carding them.  Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with
               carding them.  Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with

-              a  period.   This sets the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> 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 <STRONG>-x</STRONG> 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.
 
               Otherwise these are ignored.
 

-       <STRONG>-C</STRONG>     Force source translation to termcap format.  Note: this  differs
-              from  the  <STRONG>-C</STRONG>  option  of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> in that it does not merely
+       <STRONG>-C</STRONG>     Force  source translation to termcap format.  Note: this differs
+              from the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> in that  it  does  not  merely

               translate capability names, but also translates terminfo strings
               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 <STRONG>-K</STRONG> option.
 
               For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, add the <STRONG>-K</STRONG> option.
 

-              If  this  is  combined  with  <STRONG>-c</STRONG>, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> makes additional checks to
-              report cases where the terminfo values  do  not  have  an  exact
+              If this is combined with <STRONG>-c</STRONG>,  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  makes  additional  checks  to
+              report  cases  where  the  terminfo  values do not have an exact

               equivalent in termcap form.  For example:
 
               equivalent in termcap form.  For example:
 

-              <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>sgr</STRONG>  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
+              <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> 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.
 
                   in terminfo.
 

-              <STRONG>o</STRONG>   capabilities with more than one delay or with delays  before
+              <STRONG>o</STRONG>   capabilities  with more than one delay or with delays before

                   the end of the string will not convert completely.
 
                   the end of the string will not convert completely.
 

-       <STRONG>-c</STRONG>     tells  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to only check <EM>file</EM> for errors, including syntax prob-
-              lems and bad use-links.   If  you  specify  <STRONG>-C</STRONG>  (<STRONG>-I</STRONG>)  with  this
-              option,  the code will print warnings about entries which, after
-              use resolution, are more than 1023 (4096) bytes long.  Due to  a
+       <STRONG>-c</STRONG>     tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to only check <EM>file</EM> for errors, including syntax  prob-
+              lems  and  bad  use-links.   If  you  specify  <STRONG>-C</STRONG> (<STRONG>-I</STRONG>) 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
               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.
 
               <STRONG>tic</STRONG> checks string capabilities to ensure that those with parame-
               tations.
 
               <STRONG>tic</STRONG> checks string capabilities to ensure that those with parame-


@@ -163,29 +164,29 @@
               predefined string capabilities; those which are defined with the
               <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option are ignored.
 
               predefined string capabilities; those which are defined with the
               <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option are ignored.
 

-       <STRONG>-D</STRONG>     tells  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  to print the database locations that it knows about,
+       <STRONG>-D</STRONG>     tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to print the database locations that it  knows  about,

               and exit.  The first location shown is the one to which it would
               and exit.  The first location shown is the one to which it would

-              write  compiled  terminal  descriptions.   If <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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 <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  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.
 
        <STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>names</EM>
               rather than printing a list of database locations.
 
        <STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>names</EM>

-              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
               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 <STRONG>-I</STRONG> or <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.)
 
               list if it contains a '/'.  (Note: depending on how tic was com-
               piled, this option may require <STRONG>-I</STRONG> or <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.)
 

-       <STRONG>-f</STRONG>     Display    complex    terminfo     strings     which     contain
+       <STRONG>-f</STRONG>     Display     complex     terminfo     strings    which    contain

               if/then/else/endif expressions indented for readability.
 
               if/then/else/endif expressions indented for readability.
 

-       <STRONG>-G</STRONG>     Display  constant  literals  in  decimal  form rather than their
+       <STRONG>-G</STRONG>     Display constant literals in  decimal  form  rather  than  their

               character equivalents.
 
               character equivalents.
 

-       <STRONG>-g</STRONG>     Display constant character literals in quoted form  rather  than
+       <STRONG>-g</STRONG>     Display  constant  character literals in quoted form rather than

               their decimal equivalents.
 
        <STRONG>-I</STRONG>     Force source translation to terminfo format.
               their decimal equivalents.
 
        <STRONG>-I</STRONG>     Force source translation to terminfo format.


@@ -193,24 +194,24 @@
        <STRONG>-K</STRONG>     Suppress some longstanding ncurses extensions to termcap format,
               e.g., "\s" for space.
 
        <STRONG>-K</STRONG>     Suppress some longstanding ncurses extensions to termcap format,
               e.g., "\s" for space.
 

-       <STRONG>-L</STRONG>     Force source translation to terminfo format  using  the  long  C
+       <STRONG>-L</STRONG>     Force  source  translation  to  terminfo format using the long C

               variable names listed in &lt;<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>&gt;
 
        <STRONG>-N</STRONG>     Disable smart defaults.  Normally, when translating from termcap
               variable names listed in &lt;<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>&gt;
 
        <STRONG>-N</STRONG>     Disable smart defaults.  Normally, when translating from termcap

-              to terminfo, the compiler makes a number  of  assumptions  about
-              the   defaults   of   string  capabilities  <STRONG>reset1_string</STRONG>,  <STRONG>car-</STRONG>
+              to  terminfo,  the  compiler makes a number of assumptions about
+              the  defaults  of  string   capabilities   <STRONG>reset1_string</STRONG>,   <STRONG>car-</STRONG>

               <STRONG>riage_return</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cursor_left</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cursor_down</STRONG>,  <STRONG>scroll_forward</STRONG>,  <STRONG>tab</STRONG>,
               <STRONG>newline</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_backspace</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_left</STRONG>, and <STRONG>key_down</STRONG>, then attempts to
               <STRONG>riage_return</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cursor_left</STRONG>,  <STRONG>cursor_down</STRONG>,  <STRONG>scroll_forward</STRONG>,  <STRONG>tab</STRONG>,
               <STRONG>newline</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_backspace</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_left</STRONG>, and <STRONG>key_down</STRONG>, 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
               also normally suppresses output of obsolete termcap capabilities

-              such as <STRONG>bs</STRONG>.  This option forces a more literal translation  that
+              such  as <STRONG>bs</STRONG>.  This option forces a more literal translation that

               also preserves the obsolete capabilities.
 
               also preserves the obsolete capabilities.
 

-       <STRONG>-o</STRONG><EM>dir</EM>  Write  compiled  entries  to given database location.  Overrides
+       <STRONG>-o</STRONG><EM>dir</EM>  Write compiled entries to given  database  location.   Overrides

               the TERMINFO environment variable.
 
               the TERMINFO environment variable.
 

-       <STRONG>-Q</STRONG><EM>n</EM>    Rather than show source in terminfo  (text)  format,  print  the
-              compiled  (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depend-
+       <STRONG>-Q</STRONG><EM>n</EM>    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
               ing on the option's value:
 
                1  hexadecimal


@@ -223,35 +224,35 @@
               source.
 
        <STRONG>-R</STRONG><EM>subset</EM>
               source.
 
        <STRONG>-R</STRONG><EM>subset</EM>

-              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 <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for
               details.
 
               are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", "BSD" and "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for
               details.
 

-       <STRONG>-r</STRONG>     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
+       <STRONG>-r</STRONG>     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.
 
               per entry.
 

-       <STRONG>-s</STRONG>     Summarize the compile by  showing  the  database  location  into
-              which  entries  are written, and the number of entries which are
+       <STRONG>-s</STRONG>     Summarize  the  compile  by  showing  the database location into
+              which entries are written, and the number of entries  which  are

               compiled.
 
               compiled.
 

-       <STRONG>-T</STRONG>     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-
+       <STRONG>-T</STRONG>     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).
 
               minfo).
 

-       <STRONG>-t</STRONG>     tells  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities.  Normally when
-              translating from terminfo to termcap,  untranslatable  capabili-
+       <STRONG>-t</STRONG>     tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities.  Normally  when
+              translating  from  terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabili-

               ties are commented-out.
 
               ties are commented-out.
 

-       <STRONG>-U</STRONG>   tells  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  to  not post-process the data after parsing the source
+       <STRONG>-U</STRONG>   tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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.
 
             file.  Normally, it infers data which is commonly missing in older
             terminfo data, or in termcaps.
 


@@ -261,9 +262,9 @@
        <STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM>  specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
             information showing <STRONG>tic</STRONG>'s progress.
 
        <STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM>  specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
             information showing <STRONG>tic</STRONG>'s progress.
 

-            The  optional  parameter  <EM>n</EM>  is  a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
+            The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number  from  1  to  10,  inclusive,

             indicating the desired level of detail of information.  If ncurses
             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 <EM>n</EM> is omitted, the default level is 1.  If <EM>n</EM> is speci-
             fied and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.
 
             ignored.  If <EM>n</EM> is omitted, the default level is 1.  If <EM>n</EM> is speci-
             fied and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.
 


@@ -285,90 +286,90 @@
 
             If the debug level <EM>n</EM> is not given, it is taken to be one.
 
 
             If the debug level <EM>n</EM> is not given, it is taken to be one.
 

-       <STRONG>-W</STRONG>   By  itself,  the  <STRONG>-w</STRONG>  option  will  not  force  long strings to be
+       <STRONG>-W</STRONG>   By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG>  option  will  not  force  long  strings  to  be

             wrapped.  Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
 
             wrapped.  Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
 

-            If you specify both <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options, the latter is ignored  when
+            If  you specify both <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options, the latter is ignored when

             <STRONG>-f</STRONG> has already split the line.
 
        <STRONG>-w</STRONG><EM>n</EM>  specifies the width of the output.  The parameter is optional.  If
             it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
 
             <STRONG>-f</STRONG> has already split the line.
 
        <STRONG>-w</STRONG><EM>n</EM>  specifies the width of the output.  The parameter is optional.  If
             it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
 

-       <STRONG>-x</STRONG>   Treat unknown capabilities  as  user-defined  (see  <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>).
+       <STRONG>-x</STRONG>   Treat  unknown  capabilities  as  user-defined (see <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>).

             That is, if you supply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not recog-
             That is, if you supply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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
+            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.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-PARAMETERS">PARAMETERS</a></H3><PRE>
             capability strings whose name begins with "k" are treated as func-
             tion keys.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-PARAMETERS">PARAMETERS</a></H3><PRE>

-       <EM>file</EM>   contains  one  or  more <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> terminal descriptions in source
-              format  [see  <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>].   Each  description  in   the   file
+       <EM>file</EM>   contains one or more <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> terminal  descriptions  in  source
+              format   [see   <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>].   Each  description  in  the  file

               describes the capabilities of a particular terminal.
 
               describes the capabilities of a particular terminal.
 

-              If  <EM>file</EM>  is "-", then the data is read from the standard input.
+              If <EM>file</EM> is "-", then the data is read from the  standard  input.

               The <EM>file</EM> parameter may also be the path of a character-device.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-PROCESSING">PROCESSING</a></H3><PRE>
               The <EM>file</EM> parameter may also be the path of a character-device.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-PROCESSING">PROCESSING</a></H3><PRE>

-       All but one of the capabilities recognized by  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  are  documented  in
+       All  but  one  of  the capabilities recognized by <STRONG>tic</STRONG> are documented in

        <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.  The exception is the <STRONG>use</STRONG> capability.
 
        When a <STRONG>use</STRONG>=<EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> field is discovered in a terminal entry currently
        <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.  The exception is the <STRONG>use</STRONG> capability.
 
        When a <STRONG>use</STRONG>=<EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> field is discovered in a terminal entry currently

-       being compiled, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> reads in the  binary  from  <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG>  to
-       complete  the  entry.   (Entries  created from <EM>file</EM> will be used first.
-       <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> for  the  current  entry,
-       with the exception of those capabilities that explicitly are defined in
-       the current entry.
-
-       When an entry, e.g., <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>, contains a  <STRONG>use=</STRONG><EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM>  field,
-       any   canceled   capabilities  in  <EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM>  must  also  appear  in
-       <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG> before <STRONG>use=</STRONG> for  these  capabilities  to  be  canceled  in
+       being     compiled,     <STRONG>tic</STRONG>     reads     in     the     binary    from
+       <STRONG>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo</STRONG> to complete the entry.   (Entries  cre-
+       ated  from <EM>file</EM> will be used first.  <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the capabilities in
+       <EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> for the current entry, with the exception of those capabili-
+       ties that explicitly are defined in the current entry.
+
+       When  an  entry, e.g., <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>, contains a <STRONG>use=</STRONG><EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> field,
+       any  canceled  capabilities  in  <EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM>  must  also   appear   in
+       <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>  before  <STRONG>use=</STRONG>  for  these  capabilities  to be canceled in

        <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>.
 
        Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes.  The name field cannot
        <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>.
 
        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)
        (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.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
        will be printed.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>

-       System  V  Release  2  provided  a  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  utility.  It accepted a single
-       option: <STRONG>-v</STRONG> (optionally  followed  by  a  number).   According  to  Ross
+       System V Release 2 provided  a  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  utility.   It  accepted  a  single
+       option:  <STRONG>-v</STRONG>  (optionally  followed  by  a  number).   According to Ross

        Ridge's comment in <EM>mytinfo</EM>, this version of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> was unable to represent
        cancelled capabilities.
 
        Ridge's comment in <EM>mytinfo</EM>, this version of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> was unable to represent
        cancelled capabilities.
 

-       System V Release 3 provided a different <STRONG>tic</STRONG> utility, written  by  Pavel
-       Curtis,  (originally named "compile" in <EM>pcurses</EM>).  This added an option
-       <STRONG>-c</STRONG> to check the file for errors, with the caveat that errors in  "use="
+       System  V  Release 3 provided a different <STRONG>tic</STRONG> utility, written by Pavel
+       Curtis, (originally named "compile" in <EM>pcurses</EM>).  This added an  option
+       <STRONG>-c</STRONG>  to check the file for errors, with the caveat that errors in "use="

        links would not be reported.  System V Release 3 documented a few warn-
        ing messages which did not appear in <EM>pcurses</EM>.  While the program itself
        links would not be reported.  System V Release 3 documented a few warn-
        ing messages which did not appear in <EM>pcurses</EM>.  While the program itself

-       was  changed  little  as development continued with System V Release 4,
+       was changed little as development continued with System  V  Release  4,

        the table of capabilities grew from 180 (<EM>pcurses</EM>) to 464 (Solaris).
 
        the table of capabilities grew from 180 (<EM>pcurses</EM>) to 464 (Solaris).
 

-       In early development of ncurses (1993), Zeyd Ben-Halim used  the  table
-       from  <EM>mytinfo</EM>  to  extend  the  <EM>pcurses</EM>  table to 469 capabilities (456
-       matched SVr4, 8 were only in SVr4, 13 were not in SVr4).  Of those  13,
-       11  were  ultimately  discarded  (perhaps  to match the draft of X/Open
-       Curses).  The exceptions were <STRONG>memory_lock_above</STRONG> and <STRONG>memory_unlock</STRONG>  (see
+       In  early  development of ncurses (1993), Zeyd Ben-Halim used the table
+       from <EM>mytinfo</EM> to extend the  <EM>pcurses</EM>  table  to  469  capabilities  (456
+       matched  SVr4, 8 were only in SVr4, 13 were not in SVr4).  Of those 13,
+       11 were ultimately discarded (perhaps to  match  the  draft  of  X/Open
+       Curses).   The exceptions were <STRONG>memory_lock_above</STRONG> and <STRONG>memory_unlock</STRONG> (see

        <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>).
 
        <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>).
 

-       Eric  Raymond  incorporated  parts of <EM>mytinfo</EM> into ncurses to implement
-       the termcap-to-terminfo source conversion, and extended that  to  begin
+       Eric Raymond incorporated parts of <EM>mytinfo</EM> into  ncurses  to  implement
+       the  termcap-to-terminfo  source conversion, and extended that to begin

        development of the corresponding terminfo-to-termcap source conversion,
        development of the corresponding terminfo-to-termcap source conversion,

-       Thomas Dickey completed that development over  the  course  of  several
+       Thomas  Dickey  completed  that  development over the course of several

        years.
 
        years.
 

-       In  1999,  Thomas  Dickey  added  the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option to support user-defined
+       In 1999, Thomas Dickey added the  <STRONG>-x</STRONG>  option  to  support  user-defined

        capabilities.
 
        capabilities.
 

-       In 2010, Roy Marples provided a <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program and  terminfo  library  for
-       NetBSD.   That  implementation  adapts  several  features from ncurses,
+       In  2010,  Roy  Marples provided a <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program and terminfo library for
+       NetBSD.  That implementation  adapts  several  features  from  ncurses,

        including <STRONG>tic</STRONG>'s <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option.
 
        including <STRONG>tic</STRONG>'s <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option.
 

-       The <STRONG>-c</STRONG> option tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to check for problems in  the  terminfo  source
+       The  <STRONG>-c</STRONG>  option  tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to check for problems in the terminfo source

        file.  Continued development provides additional checks:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>pcurses</EM> had 8 warnings
        file.  Continued development provides additional checks:
 
        <STRONG>o</STRONG>   <EM>pcurses</EM> had 8 warnings


@@ -383,54 +384,54 @@
 
        The checking done in ncurses' <STRONG>tic</STRONG> helps with the conversion to termcap,
        as well as pointing out errors and inconsistencies.  It is also used to
 
        The checking done in ncurses' <STRONG>tic</STRONG> helps with the conversion to termcap,
        as well as pointing out errors and inconsistencies.  It is also used to

-       ensure  consistency  with the user-defined capabilities.  There are 527
-       distinct capabilities in ncurses' terminal database; 128 of  those  are
+       ensure consistency with the user-defined capabilities.  There  are  527
+       distinct  capabilities  in ncurses' terminal database; 128 of those are

        user-defined.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
        user-defined.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>

-       X/Open  Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a brief description of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.  It
-       lists one option: <STRONG>-c</STRONG>.  The omission of <STRONG>-v</STRONG> is  unexpected.   The  change
-       history  states  that  the  description  is  derived  from True64 UNIX.
-       According to its manual  pages,  that  system  also  supported  the  <STRONG>-v</STRONG>
+       X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a brief description of <STRONG>tic</STRONG>.   It
+       lists  one  option:  <STRONG>-c</STRONG>.  The omission of <STRONG>-v</STRONG> is unexpected.  The change
+       history states that  the  description  is  derived  from  True64  UNIX.
+       According  to  its  manual  pages,  that  system  also supported the <STRONG>-v</STRONG>

        option.
 
        option.
 

-       Shortly  after  Issue  7  was  released, Tru64 was discontinued.  As of
-       2019, the surviving implementations of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> are  SVr4  (AIX,  HP-UX  and
+       Shortly after Issue 7 was released,  Tru64  was  discontinued.   As  of
+       2019,  the  surviving  implementations  of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> are SVr4 (AIX, HP-UX and

        Solaris), ncurses and NetBSD curses.  The SVr4 <STRONG>tic</STRONG> programs all support
        Solaris), ncurses and NetBSD curses.  The SVr4 <STRONG>tic</STRONG> programs all support

-       the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option.  The NetBSD <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program follows X/Open's  documentation,
+       the  <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option.  The NetBSD <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program follows X/Open's documentation,

        omitting the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option.
 
        omitting the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option.
 

-       The  X/Open rationale states that some implementations of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> read ter-
-       minal descriptions from the standard input if  the  <EM>file</EM>  parameter  is
-       omitted.   None of these implementations do that.  Further, it comments
+       The X/Open rationale states that some implementations of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> read  ter-
+       minal  descriptions  from  the  standard input if the <EM>file</EM> parameter is
+       omitted.  None of these implementations do that.  Further, it  comments

        that some may choose to read from "./terminfo.src" but that is obsoles-
        that some may choose to read from "./terminfo.src" but that is obsoles-

-       cent  behavior from SVr2, and is not (for example) a documented feature
+       cent behavior from SVr2, and is not (for example) a documented  feature

        of SVr3.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COMPATIBILITY">COMPATIBILITY</a></H3><PRE>
        of SVr3.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-COMPATIBILITY">COMPATIBILITY</a></H3><PRE>

-       There is  some  evidence  that  historic  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  implementations  treated
-       description  fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases or
+       There  is  some  evidence  that  historic  <STRONG>tic</STRONG>  implementations treated
+       description fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases  or

        short names.  This <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not do that, but it does warn when descrip-
        short names.  This <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H3><PRE>
        acters.
 
 
 </PRE><H3><a name="h3-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H3><PRE>

-       Unlike the SVr4 <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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  <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>  for  the  list  of
+       Unlike  the  SVr4 <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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 <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for the list of

        termcap names taken to be equivalent to terminfo names.
 
        termcap names taken to be equivalent to terminfo names.
 

-       The  SVr4  manual  pages  are not clear on the resolution rules for <STRONG>use</STRONG>
-       capabilities.  This implementation of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> will find  <STRONG>use</STRONG>  targets  any-
-       where  in  the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at <STRONG>TER-</STRONG>
-       <STRONG>MINFO</STRONG> (if <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> is defined), or in the user's <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM>  data-
+       The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the  resolution  rules  for  <STRONG>use</STRONG>
+       capabilities.   This  implementation  of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> will find <STRONG>use</STRONG> targets any-
+       where in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted  at  <STRONG>TER-</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>MINFO</STRONG>  (if <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> is defined), or in the user's <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> data-

        base (if it exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree of
        compiled entries.
 
        base (if it exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree of
        compiled entries.
 

-       The error messages from this <STRONG>tic</STRONG> have the same format as  GNU  C  error
+       The  error  messages  from this <STRONG>tic</STRONG> have the same format as GNU C error

        messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
 
        Aside from <STRONG>-c</STRONG> and <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, options are not portable:
        messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
 
        Aside from <STRONG>-c</STRONG> and <STRONG>-v</STRONG>, options are not portable:


@@ -443,17 +444,17 @@
 
            <STRONG>-a</STRONG> <STRONG>-o</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
 
 
            <STRONG>-a</STRONG> <STRONG>-o</STRONG> <STRONG>-x</STRONG>
 

-           and  adds  <STRONG>-S</STRONG>  (a feature which does the same thing as infocmp's <STRONG>-e</STRONG>
+           and adds <STRONG>-S</STRONG> (a feature which does the same thing  as  infocmp's  <STRONG>-e</STRONG>

            and <STRONG>-E</STRONG> options).
 
        The SVr4 <STRONG>-c</STRONG> mode does not report bad "use=" links.
 
            and <STRONG>-E</STRONG> options).
 
        The SVr4 <STRONG>-c</STRONG> 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

        <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> database unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
        <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> database unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it.
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>

-       <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo/?/*</STRONG>
+       <STRONG>/usr/local/ncurses/lib/terminfo/?/*</STRONG>

             Compiled terminal description database.
 
 
             Compiled terminal description database.
 
 


@@ -461,7 +462,7 @@
        <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
 
        <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>,   <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
        <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>.  <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
 

-       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20201205).
+       This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20201212).

 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>
 
 
 </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE>