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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
-tic(1m) tic(1m)
+tic(1m) tic(1m)
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
SYNOPSIS
- tic [-1CGILNTVacfgrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-R subset]
+ tic [-1CGILNTUVacfgrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-R subset]
[-v[n]] [-w[n]] file
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@
rather than discarding them. Capabilities are com-
mented by prefixing them with a period. This sets
the -x option, because it treats the commented-out
- entries as user-defined names.
+ entries as user-defined names. If the source is
+ termcap, accept the 2-character names required by
+ version 6. Otherwise these are ignored.
-C Force source translation to termcap format. Note:
this differs from the -C option of infocmp(1m) in
@@ -111,8 +113,8 @@
alias of a terminal matches one of the names in the
list, the entry will be written or translated as
normal. Otherwise no output will be generated for
- it. The option value is interpreted as a file
- containing the list if it contains a '/'. (Note:
+ it. The option value is interpreted as a file con-
+ taining the list if it contains a '/'. (Note:
depending on how tic was compiled, this option may
require -I or -C.)
@@ -158,11 +160,11 @@
-r 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 through version 1.3 or BSD
- termcap through 4.3BSD) that does not handle multi-
- ple tc capabilities per entry.
+ termcap format. This may be needed if you are pre-
+ paring a termcap file for a termcap library (such
+ as GNU termcap through version 1.3 or BSD termcap
+ through 4.3BSD) that does not handle multiple tc
+ capabilities per entry.
-s Summarize the compile by showing the directory into
which entries are written, and the number of
@@ -177,29 +179,37 @@
Normally when translating from terminfo to termcap,
untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
- -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in
- this program, and exits.
-
- -vn specifies that (verbose) output be written to stan-
- dard error trace information showing tic's
- progress. The optional integer n is a number from
- 1 to 10, inclusive, indicating the desired level of
- detail of information. If n is omitted, the
- default level is 1. If n is specified and greater
- than 1, the level of detail is increased.
-
- -wn specifies the width of the output.
-
- -x Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined. That
- is, if you supply 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.
-
- file contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions
- in source format [see terminfo(5)]. Each descrip-
- tion in the file describes the capabilities of a
- particular terminal.
+ -U tells tic 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 term-
+ caps.
+
+ -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
+ program, and exits.
+
+ -vn specifies that (verbose) output be written to stan-
+ dard error trace information showing tic's progress.
+ The optional parameter n is a number from 1 to 10,
+ inclusive, indicating the desired level of detail of
+ information. If n is omitted, the default level is
+ 1. If n is specified and greater than 1, the level
+ of detail is increased.
+
+ -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 supply 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.
+
+ file contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions
+ in source format [see terminfo(5)]. Each description
+ in the file describes the capabilities of a particu-
+ lar terminal.
The debug flag levels are as follows:
@@ -215,48 +225,48 @@
8 List of tokens encountered by scanner
- 9 All values computed in construction of the hash
- table
+ 9 All values computed in construction of the hash ta-
+ ble
- If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be one.
+ If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be one.
All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are doc-
umented in terminfo(5). The exception is the use capabil-
ity.
- 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. If the environment
- variable TERMINFO is set, that directory is searched
+ 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. If the environment
+ variable TERMINFO is set, that directory is searched
instead of /usr/share/terminfo.) tic duplicates the capa-
- bilities in entry-name for the current entry, with the
- exception of those capabilities that explicitly are
+ bilities 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=
+ 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.
- If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the compiled
+ If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the compiled
results are placed there instead of /usr/share/terminfo.
Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name
- field cannot exceed 512 bytes. Terminal names exceeding
- the maximum alias length (32 characters on systems with
+ field cannot 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
+ to the maximum alias length and a warning message will be
printed.
COMPATIBILITY
- 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 description fields may be
- treated that way and check them for dangerous characters.
+ 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 description fields may be
+ treated that way and check them for dangerous characters.
@@ -299,9 +309,11 @@
infocmp(1m), captoinfo(1m), infotocap(1m), toe(1m),
curses(3x), terminfo(5).
+ This describes ncurses version 5.7 (patch 20100109).
+
- tic(1m)
+ tic(1m)