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.TH tic 1M ""
.ds n 5
.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
\fBtic\fR - the \fIterminfo\fR entry-description compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBtic\fR
+[\fB\-\
+1\
+C\
+I\
+N\
+R\
+T\
+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]]
-[\fB-1hcpICNRrsTu\fR]
-[\fB-e\fR \fInames\fR]
-[\fB-o\fR \fIdir\fR] \fIfile\fR
+\fIfile\fR
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
The command \fBtic\fR translates a \fBterminfo\fR file from source
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.
-.TP
\fB-c\fR
specifies 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
\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.
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
\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-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
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.
+.TP
\fIfile\fR
contains one or more \fBterminfo\fR terminal descriptions in source
format [see \fBterminfo\fR(\*n)]. Each description in the file
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
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-o\fR,
+\fB-G\fR,
+\fB-I\fR,
+\fB-C\fR,
+\fB-N\fR,
+\fB-R\fR,
+\fB-e\fR,
+\fB-f\fR,
+\fB-g\fR,
+\fB-T\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.
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