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-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. *
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-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.50 2011/09/26 23:59:40 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.54 2012/02/04 23:09:43 tom Exp $
.TH @TIC@ 1M ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @TERMINFO@
+.de bP
+.IP \(bu 4
+..
.SH NAME
-\fBtic\fR \- the \fIterminfo\fR entry-description compiler
+\fB@TIC@\fR \- the \fIterminfo\fR entry-description compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBtic\fR
+\fB@TIC@\fR
[\fB\-\
0\
1\
C\
+D\
G\
I\
K\
\fIfile\fR
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
-The command \fBtic\fR translates a \fBterminfo\fR file from source
+The \fB@TIC@\fR command translates a \fBterminfo\fR file from source
format into compiled format.
The compiled format is necessary for use with
the library routines in \fBncurses\fR(3X).
.PP
-The results are normally placed in the system terminfo
-directory \fB\*d\fR.
-There are two ways to change this behavior.
+As described in \fBterm\fR(\*n), the database may be either a directory
+tree (one file per terminal entry) or a hashed database (one record per entry).
+The \fB@TIC@\fR command writes only one type of entry,
+depending on how it was built:
+.bP
+For directory trees, the top-level directory, e.g., /usr/share/terminfo,
+specifies the location of the database.
+.bP
+For hashed databases, a filename is needed.
+If the given file is not found by that name,
+but can be found by adding the suffix ".db",
+then that is used.
+.IP
+The default name for the hashed database is the same as the
+default directory name (only adding a ".db" suffix).
.PP
-First, you may override the system default by setting the variable
-\fBTERMINFO\fR in your shell environment to a valid (existing) directory name.
+In either case (directory or hashed database),
+\fB@TIC@\fP will create the container if it does not exist.
+For a directory, this would be the "terminfo" leaf,
+versus a "terminfo.db" file.
.PP
-Secondly, if \fBtic\fR cannot get access to \fI\*d\fR or your TERMINFO
-directory, it looks for the directory \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR; if that directory
-exists, the entry is placed there.
+The results are normally placed in the system terminfo database \fB\*d\fR.
+The compiled terminal description can be placed
+in a different terminfo database.
+There are two ways to achieve this:
+.bP
+First, you may override the system default either by
+using the \fB\-o\fP option,
+or by setting the variable \fBTERMINFO\fR
+in your shell environment to a valid database location.
+.bP
+Secondly, if \fB@TIC@\fR cannot write in \fI\*d\fR
+or the location specified using your TERMINFO variable,
+it looks for the directory \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR
+(or hashed database \fI$HOME/.terminfo.db)\fR;
+if that location exists, the entry is placed there.
.PP
-Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check for a TERMINFO
-directory first, look at \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, and
-finally look in \fI\*d\fR.
+Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check for
+.bP
+a location specified with the TERMINFO variable first,
+.bP
+look in \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, next
+.bP
+directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS symbol, and
+.bP
+finally look in the system terminfo database (\fI\*d\fR).
+.SS OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-0\fR
restricts the output to a single line
restricts the output to a single column
.TP
\fB\-a\fR
-tells \fBtic\fP to retain commented-out capabilities rather than discarding
+tells \fB@TIC@\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
For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, add the \fB\-K\fR option.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR
-tells \fBtic\fP to only check \fIfile\fR for errors, including syntax problems and
+tells \fB@TIC@\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
these entries may cause core
dumps with other implementations.
.TP
+\fB\-D\fR
+tells \fB@TIC@\fP to print the database locations that it knows about, and exit.
+The first location shown is the one to which it would write compiled
+terminal descriptions.
+If \fB@TIC@\fP is not able to find a writable database location
+according to the rules summarized above,
+it will print a diagnostic and exit with an error rather than
+printing a list of database locations.
+.TP
\fB\-e \fR\fInames\fR
Limit writes and translations to the following comma-separated list of
terminals.
obsolete capabilities.
.TP
\fB\-o\fR\fIdir\fR
-Write compiled entries to given directory.
-Overrides the TERMINFO environment
-variable.
+Write compiled entries to given database location.
+Overrides the TERMINFO environment variable.
.TP
\fB\-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
Restrict output to a given subset.
tc capabilities per entry.
.TP
\fB\-s\fR
-Summarize the compile by showing the directory into which entries
+Summarize the compile by showing the database location into which entries
are written, and the number of entries which are compiled.
.TP
\fB\-T\fR
descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for terminfo).
.TP
\fB\-t\fR
-tells \fBtic\fP to discard commented-out capabilities.
+tells \fB@TIC@\fP to discard commented-out capabilities.
Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
.TP 5
\fB\-U\fR
-tells \fBtic\fP to not post-process the data after parsing the source file.
+tells \fB@TIC@\fP 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.
.TP
.TP
\fB\-v\fR\fIn\fR
specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
-information showing \fBtic\fR's progress.
+information showing \fB@TIC@\fR's progress.
The optional parameter \fIn\fR is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
indicating the desired level of detail of information.
If \fIn\fR is omitted, the default level is 1.
.TP
\fB\-x\fR
Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined.
-That is, if you supply a capability name which \fBtic\fP does not recognize,
+That is, if you supply a capability name which \fB@TIC@\fP 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.
+.SS PARAMETERS
.TP
\fIfile\fR
contains one or more \fBterminfo\fR terminal descriptions in source
All values computed in construction of the hash table
.LP
If the debug level \fIn\fR is not given, it is taken to be one.
+.SS PROCESSING
.PP
-All but one of the capabilities recognized by \fBtic\fR are documented
+All but one of the capabilities recognized by \fB@TIC@\fR are documented
in \fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
The exception is the \fBuse\fR capability.
.PP
When a \fBuse\fR=\fIentry\fR\-\fIname\fR field is discovered in a
-terminal entry currently being compiled, \fBtic\fR reads in the binary
+terminal entry currently being compiled, \fB@TIC@\fR reads in the binary
from \fB\*d\fR to complete the entry.
(Entries created from
\fIfile\fR will be used first.
If the environment variable
-\fBTERMINFO\fR is set, that directory is searched instead of
-\fB\*d\fR.) \fBtic\fR duplicates the capabilities in
+\fBTERMINFO\fR is set, that database location is searched instead of
+\fB\*d\fR.) \fB@TIC@\fR duplicates the capabilities in
\fIentry\fR\-\fIname\fR for the current entry, with the exception of
those capabilities that explicitly are defined in the current entry.
.PP
\fBentry_name_1\fR before \fBuse=\fR for these capabilities to be
canceled in \fBentry_name_1\fR.
.PP
-If the environment variable \fBTERMINFO\fR is set, the compiled
-results are placed there instead of \fB\*d\fR.
-.PP
Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes.
The name field cannot
exceed 512 bytes.
(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
+There is some evidence that historic \fB@TIC@\fR implementations treated
description fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases or
short names.
-This \fBtic\fR does not do that, but it does warn when
+This \fB@TIC@\fR does not do that, but it does warn when
description fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous
characters.
.SH EXTENSIONS
-Unlike the stock SVr4 \fBtic\fR command, this implementation can actually
+Unlike the stock SVr4 \fB@TIC@\fR command, this implementation can actually
compile termcap sources.
In fact, entries in terminfo and termcap syntax can
be mixed in a single source file.
.PP
The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution rules for \fBuse\fR
capabilities.
-This implementation of \fBtic\fR will find \fBuse\fR targets anywhere
+This implementation of \fB@TIC@\fR will find \fBuse\fR targets anywhere
in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at \fBTERMINFO\fR (if
-\fBTERMINFO\fR is defined), or in the user's \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR directory
-(if it exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree of
+\fBTERMINFO\fR is defined),
+or in the user's \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR database
+(if it exists),
+or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree of
compiled entries.
.PP
-The error messages from this \fBtic\fR have the same format as GNU C
+The error messages from this \fB@TIC@\fR have the same format as GNU C
error messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
.PP
The
The SVr4 \fB\-c\fR mode does not report bad use links.
.PP
System V does not compile entries to or read entries from your
-\fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR directory unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it.
+\fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR database unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it.
.SH FILES
.TP 5
\fB\*d/?/*\fR
\fB@INFOTOCAP@\fR(1M),
\fB@TOE@\fR(1M),
\fBcurses\fR(3X),
+\fBterm\fR(\*n).
\fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
.PP
This describes \fBncurses\fR
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