ncurses 6.5 - patch 20240511

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

diff --git a/man/tic.1m b/man/tic.1m
index b147682359bdc989787a643b6bcc78e6b3373d6b..b73b3c618d67f25c5977ed21974c931c143709a3 100644 (file)
--- a/man/tic.1m
+++ b/man/tic.1m
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"***************************************************************************

-.\" Copyright 2018-2022,2023 Thomas E. Dickey                                *
+.\" Copyright 2018-2023,2024 Thomas E. Dickey                                *

 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *


@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"

-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.106 2023/12/30 21:36:32 tom Exp $
-.TH @TIC@ 1M 2023-12-30 "ncurses 6.4" "User commands"
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.111 2024/05/11 20:39:53 tom Exp $
+.TH @TIC@ 1M 2024-05-11 "ncurses @NCURSES_MAJOR@.@NCURSES_MINOR@" "User commands"

 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq
 .ie \n(.g \{\
 .ds `` \(lq
 .ds '' \(rq


@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
 ..
 .
 .el    .IP \(bu 2
 ..
 .

-.ds d @TERMINFO@

 .SH NAME
 \fB\%@TIC@\fP \-
 compile terminal descriptions for \fIterminfo\fR or \fItermcap\fR
 .SH NAME
 \fB\%@TIC@\fP \-
 compile terminal descriptions for \fIterminfo\fR or \fItermcap\fR


@@ -109,7 +108,8 @@ In either case (directory or hashed database),
 For a directory, this would be the \*(``terminfo\*('' leaf,
 versus a "terminfo.db" file.
 .PP
 For a directory, this would be the \*(``terminfo\*('' leaf,
 versus a "terminfo.db" file.
 .PP

-The results are normally placed in the system terminfo database \fB\*d\fP.
+The results are normally placed
+in the system terminfo database \fB@TERMINFO@\fP.

 The compiled terminal description can be placed
 in a different terminfo database.
 There are two ways to achieve this:
 The compiled terminal description can be placed
 in a different terminfo database.
 There are two ways to achieve this:


@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ using the \fB\-o\fP option,
 or by setting the variable \fI\%TERMINFO\fP
 in your shell environment to a valid database location.
 .bP
 or by setting the variable \fI\%TERMINFO\fP
 in your shell environment to a valid database location.
 .bP

-Secondly, if \fB@TIC@\fP cannot write in \fI\*d\fP
+Secondly, if \fB@TIC@\fP cannot write in \fI@TERMINFO@\fP

 or the location specified using your \fI\%TERMINFO\fP variable,
 it looks for the directory \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fP
 (or hashed database \fI$HOME/.terminfo.db)\fP;
 or the location specified using your \fI\%TERMINFO\fP variable,
 it looks for the directory \fI$HOME/.terminfo\fP
 (or hashed database \fI$HOME/.terminfo.db)\fP;


@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ directories listed in the \fI\%TERMINFO_DIRS\fP environment variable,
 .bP
 a compiled-in list of directories (@TERMINFO_DIRS@), and
 .bP
 .bP
 a compiled-in list of directories (@TERMINFO_DIRS@), and
 .bP

-the system terminfo database (\fI\*d\fP).
+the system terminfo database (\fI@TERMINFO@\fP).

 .PP
 The \fIFetching Compiled Descriptions\fP section in the \fBterminfo\fR(5)
 manual goes into further detail.
 .PP
 The \fIFetching Compiled Descriptions\fP section in the \fBterminfo\fR(5)
 manual goes into further detail.


@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ descriptions are limited (e.g., 1023 for termcap, 4096 for terminfo).
 tells \fB@TIC@\fP to discard commented-out capabilities.
 Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
 untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
 tells \fB@TIC@\fP to discard commented-out capabilities.
 Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
 untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.

-.TP 5
+.TP

 \fB\-U\fP
 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,
 \fB\-U\fP
 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,


@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ The exception is the \fBuse\fP capability.
 .PP
 When a \fBuse\fP=\fIentry\fP\-\fIname\fP field is discovered in a
 terminal entry currently being compiled, \fB@TIC@\fP reads in the binary
 .PP
 When a \fBuse\fP=\fIentry\fP\-\fIname\fP field is discovered in a
 terminal entry currently being compiled, \fB@TIC@\fP reads in the binary

-from \fB\*d\fP to complete the entry.
+from \fB@TERMINFO@\fP to complete the entry.

 (Entries created from
 \fIfile\fP will be used first.
 \fB@TIC@\fP duplicates the capabilities in
 (Entries created from
 \fIfile\fP will be used first.
 \fB@TIC@\fP duplicates the capabilities in


@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ will be truncated to the maximum alias length
 and a warning message will be printed.
 .SH FILES
 .TP
 and a warning message will be printed.
 .SH FILES
 .TP

-.I \*d
+.I @TERMINFO@

 compiled terminal description database
 .SH NOTES
 There is some evidence that historic \fB@TIC@\fP implementations treated
 compiled terminal description database
 .SH NOTES
 There is some evidence that historic \fB@TIC@\fP implementations treated