ncurses 5.9 - patch 20131110

[ncurses.git] / man / tic.1m

diff --git a/man/tic.1m b/man/tic.1m
index 580abf40ee9b4885c4ff88fa63bd076208512a6c..5c3a63fa9cbd6afcd81e14d59b01a3122a0429e9 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tic.1m
+++ b/man/tic.1m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2012,2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.54 2012/02/04 23:09:43 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.58 2013/07/20 19:31:25 tom Exp $
 .TH @TIC@ 1M ""
+.ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
+.el       .ds `` ``
+.ie \n(.g .ds '' \(rq
+.el       .ds '' ''
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
 .de bP
@@ -109,15 +113,17 @@ 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
+Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check in succession
 .bP
-a location specified with the TERMINFO variable first,
+a location specified with the TERMINFO environment variable,
 .bP
-look in \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR if TERMINFO is not set, next
+\fI$HOME/.terminfo\fR,
 .bP
-directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS symbol, and
+directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS environment variable,
 .bP
-finally look in the system terminfo database (\fI\*d\fR).
+a compiled-in list of directories (@TERMINFO_DIRS@), and
+.bP
+the system terminfo database (\fI\*d\fR).
 .SS OPTIONS
 .TP
 \fB\-0\fR
@@ -265,26 +271,7 @@ indicating the desired level of detail of information.
 If \fIn\fR is omitted, the default level is 1.
 If \fIn\fR is specified and greater than 1, the level of
 detail is increased.
-.TP
-\fB\-w\fR\fIn\fR
-specifies the width of the output.
-The parameter is optional.
-If it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
-.TP
-\fB\-x\fR
-Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined.
-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
-format [see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)].
-Each description in the file
-describes the capabilities of a particular terminal.
+.RS
 .PP
 The debug flag levels are as follows:
 .TP
@@ -292,7 +279,7 @@ The debug flag levels are as follows:
 Names of files created and linked
 .TP
 2
-Information related to the ``use'' facility
+Information related to the \*(``use\*('' facility
 .TP
 3
 Statistics from the hashing algorithm
@@ -310,6 +297,30 @@ List of tokens encountered by scanner
 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.
+.RE
+.TP
+\fB\-w\fR\fIn\fR
+specifies the width of the output.
+The parameter is optional.
+If it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
+.TP
+\fB\-x\fR
+Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined.
+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
+format [see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)].
+Each description in the file
+describes the capabilities of a particular terminal.
+.IP
+If \fIfile\fR is \*(``-\*('', then the data is read from the standard input.
+The \fIfile\fR parameter may also be the path of a character-device.
 .SS PROCESSING
 .PP
 All but one of the capabilities recognized by \fB@TIC@\fR are documented
@@ -321,9 +332,7 @@ 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 database location is searched instead of
-\fB\*d\fR.)  \fB@TIC@\fR duplicates the capabilities in
+\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
@@ -347,7 +356,7 @@ 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 \fB@TIC@\fR command, this implementation can actually
+Unlike the 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.