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-.TH @TIC@ 1M 2022-09-17 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
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+.TH @TIC@ 1M 2023-07-01 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
.el .ds `` ``
.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
[\fB\-v\fP[\fIn\fP]]
[\fB\-w\fP[\fIn\fP]]
\fIfile\fP
-.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fB@TIC@\fP command translates a \fBterminfo\fP file from source
format into compiled format.
.bP
the system terminfo database (\fI\*d\fP).
.SS ALIASES
-.PP
This is the same program as @INFOTOCAP@ and @CAPTOINFO@;
usually those are linked to, or copied from this program:
.bP
If \fIfile\fP is \*(``-\*('', then the data is read from the standard input.
The \fIfile\fP parameter may also be the path of a character-device.
.SS PROCESSING
-.PP
All but one of the capabilities recognized by \fB@TIC@\fP are documented
in \fBterminfo\fP(\*n).
The exception is the \fBuse\fP capability.
will be truncated to the maximum alias length
and a warning message will be printed.
.SH HISTORY
-.PP
System V Release 2 provided a \fBtic\fP utility.
It accepted a single option: \fB\-v\fP (optionally followed by a number).
According to Ross Ridge's comment in \fImytinfo\fP,
There are 527 distinct capabilities in ncurses' terminal database;
128 of those are user-defined.
.SH PORTABILITY
-.PP
X/Open Curses, Issue 7 (2009) provides a brief description of \fBtic\fP.
It lists one option: \fB\-c\fP.
The omission of \fB\-v\fP is unexpected.