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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
tic 1m
-
+
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
the end of the string will not convert completely.
-c tells tic to only check file for errors, including syntax prob-
- lems and bad use links. If you specify -C (-I) with this
+ lems and bad use-links. If you specify -C (-I) with this
option, the code will print warnings about entries which, after
use resolution, are more than 1023 (4096) bytes long. Due to a
fixed buffer length in older termcap libraries, as well as buggy
@@ -284,74 +284,75 @@
-wn specifies the width of the output. The parameter is optional. If
it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
- -x Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined. That is, if you sup-
- ply a capability name which tic 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.
+ -x Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined (see user_caps(5)).
+ That is, if you supply a capability name which tic does not recog-
+ nize, 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 func-
+ tion keys.
- file contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in source
- format [see terminfo(5)]. Each description in the file
+ file contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions in source
+ format [see terminfo(5)]. Each description in the file
describes the capabilities of a particular terminal.
- If file is "-", then the data is read from the standard input.
+ If file is "-", then the data is read from the standard input.
The file parameter may also be the path of a character-device.
- All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are documented in
+ All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are documented in
terminfo(5). The exception is the use capability.
When a use=entry-name field is discovered in a terminal entry currently
- being compiled, tic reads in the binary from /usr/share/terminfo to
- complete the entry. (Entries created from file will be used first.
- tic duplicates the capabilities in entry-name for the current entry,
+ being compiled, tic reads in the binary from /usr/share/terminfo to
+ complete the entry. (Entries created from file will be used first.
+ tic duplicates the capabilities in entry-name for the current entry,
with the exception of those capabilities that explicitly are defined in
the current entry.
- When an entry, e.g., entry_name_1, contains a use=entry_name_2 field,
- any canceled capabilities in entry_name_2 must also appear in
- entry_name_1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in
+ When an entry, e.g., entry_name_1, contains a use=entry_name_2 field,
+ any canceled capabilities in entry_name_2 must also appear in
+ entry_name_1 before use= for these capabilities to be canceled in
entry_name_1.
Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name field cannot
- exceed 512 bytes. Terminal names exceeding the maximum alias length
+ 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 truncated to the maximum alias length and a warning message
will be printed.
- There is some evidence that historic tic implementations treated
- description fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases or
+ There is some evidence that historic tic implementations treated
+ description fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases or
short names. This tic does not do that, but it does warn when descrip-
- tion fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous char-
+ tion fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous char-
acters.
- Unlike the SVr4 tic command, this implementation can actually compile
- termcap sources. In fact, entries in terminfo and termcap syntax can
- be mixed in a single source file. See terminfo(5) for the list of
+ Unlike the SVr4 tic command, this implementation can actually compile
+ termcap sources. In fact, entries in terminfo and termcap syntax can
+ be mixed in a single source file. See terminfo(5) for the list of
termcap names taken to be equivalent to terminfo names.
- The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution rules for use
- capabilities. This implementation of tic will find use targets any-
- where in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at TER-
- MINFO (if TERMINFO is defined), or in the user's $HOME/.terminfo data-
+ The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution rules for use
+ capabilities. This implementation of tic will find use targets any-
+ where in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at TER-
+ MINFO (if TERMINFO is defined), or in the user's $HOME/.terminfo data-
base (if it exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree of
compiled entries.
- The error messages from this tic have the same format as GNU C error
+ The error messages from this tic have the same format as GNU C error
messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
- The -0, -1, -C, -G, -I, -N, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -o, -r, -s, -t
+ The -0, -1, -C, -G, -I, -N, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -o, -r, -s, -t
and -x options are not supported under SVr4. The SVr4 -c mode does not
report bad use links.
- System V does not compile entries to or read entries from your
+ System V does not compile entries to or read entries from your
$HOME/.terminfo database unless TERMINFO is explicitly set to it.
@@ -362,9 +363,9 @@