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* sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written *
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- * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.77 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp @
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</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>tic</STRONG> command translates a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> file from source format into com-
- piled format. The compiled format is necessary for use with the
+ The <STRONG>tic</STRONG> command translates a <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> file from source format into
+ compiled format. The compiled format is necessary for use with the
library routines in <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">ncurses(3x)</A></STRONG>.
As described in <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>, the database may be either a directory tree
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
entry). The <STRONG>tic</STRONG> command writes only one type of entry, depending on
how it was built:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> For directory trees, the top-level directory, e.g., /usr/share/ter-
- minfo, specifies the location of the database.
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> For directory trees, the top-level directory, e.g.,
+ /usr/share/terminfo, specifies the location of the database.
<STRONG>o</STRONG> For hashed databases, a filename is needed. If the given file is
not found by that name, but can be found by adding the suffix
@@ -75,25 +75,25 @@
The default name for the hashed database is the same as the default
directory name (only adding a ".db" suffix).
- In either case (directory or hashed database), <STRONG>tic</STRONG> will create the con-
- tainer if it does not exist. For a directory, this would be the "ter-
- minfo" leaf, versus a "terminfo.db" file.
+ In either case (directory or hashed database), <STRONG>tic</STRONG> will create the
+ container if it does not exist. For a directory, this would be the
+ "terminfo" leaf, versus a "terminfo.db" file.
The results are normally placed in the system terminfo database
<STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG>. The compiled terminal description can be placed
in a different terminfo database. There are two ways to achieve this:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> First, you may override the system default either by using the <STRONG>-o</STRONG>
- option, or by setting the variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> in your shell environ-
- ment to a valid database location.
+ option, or by setting the variable <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> in your shell
+ environment to a valid database location.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> Secondly, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot write in <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM> or the loca-
- tion specified using your TERMINFO variable, it looks for the
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> Secondly, if <STRONG>tic</STRONG> cannot write in <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM> or the
+ location specified using your TERMINFO variable, it looks for the
directory <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> (or hashed database <EM>$HOME/.terminfo.db)</EM>;
if that location exists, the entry is placed there.
- Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check in succes-
- sion
+ Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check in
+ succession
<STRONG>o</STRONG> a location specified with the TERMINFO environment variable,
@@ -101,14 +101,13 @@
<STRONG>o</STRONG> directories listed in the TERMINFO_DIRS environment variable,
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> a compiled-in list of directories (/usr/local/ncurses/share/ter-
- minfo:/usr/share/terminfo), and
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> a compiled-in list of directories (no default value), and
<STRONG>o</STRONG> the system terminfo database (<EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>).
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-ALIASES">ALIASES</a></H3><PRE>
- This is the same program as infotocap and captoinfo; usually those are
+ This is the same program as infotocap and captoinfo; usually those are
linked to, or copied from this program:
<STRONG>o</STRONG> When invoked as infotocap, tic sets the <STRONG>-I</STRONG> option.
@@ -121,71 +120,71 @@
<STRONG>-1</STRONG> restricts the output to a single column
- <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than dis-
- carding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them with
- a period. This sets the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option, because it treats the com-
- mented-out entries as user-defined names. If the source is
- termcap, accept the 2-character names required by version 6.
+ <STRONG>-a</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to retain commented-out capabilities rather than
+ discarding them. Capabilities are commented by prefixing them
+ with a period. This sets the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option, because it treats the
+ commented-out entries as user-defined names. If the source is
+ termcap, accept the 2-character names required by version 6.
Otherwise these are ignored.
- <STRONG>-C</STRONG> Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this differs
- from the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> in that it does not merely
+ <STRONG>-C</STRONG> Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this differs
+ from the <STRONG>-C</STRONG> option of <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> 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. The actual format used incorporates
- some improvements for escaped characters from terminfo format.
+ to termcap format. Capabilities that are not translatable are
+ left in the entry under their terminfo names but commented out
+ with two preceding dots. The actual format used incorporates
+ some improvements for escaped characters from terminfo format.
For a stricter BSD-compatible translation, add the <STRONG>-K</STRONG> option.
- If this is combined with <STRONG>-c</STRONG>, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> makes additional checks to
- report cases where the terminfo values do not have an exact
+ If this is combined with <STRONG>-c</STRONG>, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> makes additional checks to
+ report cases where the terminfo values do not have an exact
equivalent in termcap form. For example:
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> usually will not convert, because termcap lacks the
- ability to work with more than two parameters, and because
- termcap lacks many of the arithmetic/logical operators used
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> <STRONG>sgr</STRONG> usually will not convert, because termcap lacks the
+ ability to work with more than two parameters, and because
+ termcap lacks many of the arithmetic/logical operators used
in terminfo.
- <STRONG>o</STRONG> capabilities with more than one delay or with delays before
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> capabilities with more than one delay or with delays before
the end of the string will not convert completely.
- <STRONG>-c</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to only check <EM>file</EM> for errors, including syntax prob-
- lems and bad use-links. If you specify <STRONG>-C</STRONG> (<STRONG>-I</STRONG>) with this
- option, the code will print warnings about entries which, after
- use resolution, are more than 1023 (4096) bytes long. Due to a
+ <STRONG>-c</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to only check <EM>file</EM> for errors, including syntax
+ problems and bad use-links. If you specify <STRONG>-C</STRONG> (<STRONG>-I</STRONG>) 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
- checking for the buffer length (and a documented limit in ter-
- minfo), these entries may cause core dumps with other implemen-
- tations.
+ checking for the buffer length (and a documented limit in
+ terminfo), these entries may cause core dumps with other
+ implementations.
- <STRONG>tic</STRONG> checks string capabilities to ensure that those with parame-
- ters will be valid expressions. It does this check only for the
- predefined string capabilities; those which are defined with the
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option are ignored.
+ <STRONG>tic</STRONG> checks string capabilities to ensure that those with
+ parameters will be valid expressions. It does this check only
+ for the predefined string capabilities; those which are defined
+ with the <STRONG>-x</STRONG> option are ignored.
- <STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to print the database locations that it knows about,
+ <STRONG>-D</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to print the database locations that it knows about,
and exit. The first location shown is the one to which it would
- write compiled terminal descriptions. If <STRONG>tic</STRONG> is not able to
- find a writable database location according to the rules summa-
- rized above, it will print a diagnostic and exit with an error
- rather than printing a list of database locations.
+ write compiled terminal descriptions. If <STRONG>tic</STRONG> is not able to
+ find a writable database location according to the rules
+ summarized above, it will print a diagnostic and exit with an
+ error rather than printing a list of database locations.
<STRONG>-e</STRONG> <EM>names</EM>
- 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 the list, the entry will be written or
+ 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 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: depending on how tic was com-
- piled, this option may require <STRONG>-I</STRONG> or <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.)
+ it. The option value is interpreted as a file containing the
+ list if it contains a '/'. (Note: depending on how tic was
+ compiled, this option may require <STRONG>-I</STRONG> or <STRONG>-C</STRONG>.)
- <STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain
+ <STRONG>-f</STRONG> Display complex terminfo strings which contain
if/then/else/endif expressions indented for readability.
- <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their
+ <STRONG>-G</STRONG> Display constant literals in decimal form rather than their
character equivalents.
- <STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
+ <STRONG>-g</STRONG> Display constant character literals in quoted form rather than
their decimal equivalents.
<STRONG>-I</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format.
@@ -193,25 +192,25 @@
<STRONG>-K</STRONG> Suppress some longstanding ncurses extensions to termcap format,
e.g., "\s" for space.
- <STRONG>-L</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format using the long C
+ <STRONG>-L</STRONG> Force source translation to terminfo format using the long C
variable names listed in &lt;<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>&gt;
<STRONG>-N</STRONG> Disable smart defaults. Normally, when translating from termcap
- to terminfo, the compiler makes a number of assumptions about
- the defaults of string capabilities <STRONG>reset1_string</STRONG>, <STRONG>car-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>riage_return</STRONG>, <STRONG>cursor_left</STRONG>, <STRONG>cursor_down</STRONG>, <STRONG>scroll_forward</STRONG>, <STRONG>tab</STRONG>,
+ to terminfo, the compiler makes a number of assumptions about
+ the defaults of string capabilities <STRONG>reset1_string</STRONG>,
+ <STRONG>carriage_return</STRONG>, <STRONG>cursor_left</STRONG>, <STRONG>cursor_down</STRONG>, <STRONG>scroll_forward</STRONG>, <STRONG>tab</STRONG>,
<STRONG>newline</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_backspace</STRONG>, <STRONG>key_left</STRONG>, and <STRONG>key_down</STRONG>, then attempts to
- use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values. It
+ use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values. It
also normally suppresses output of obsolete termcap capabilities
- such as <STRONG>bs</STRONG>. This option forces a more literal translation that
+ such as <STRONG>bs</STRONG>. This option forces a more literal translation that
also preserves the obsolete capabilities.
- <STRONG>-o</STRONG><EM>dir</EM> Write compiled entries to given database location. Overrides
+ <STRONG>-o</STRONG><EM>dir</EM> Write compiled entries to given database location. Overrides
the TERMINFO environment variable.
- <STRONG>-Q</STRONG><EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the
- compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form, depend-
- ing on the option's value:
+ <STRONG>-Q</STRONG><EM>n</EM> Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format, print the
+ compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form,
+ depending on the option's value:
1 hexadecimal
@@ -223,35 +222,35 @@
source.
<STRONG>-R</STRONG><EM>subset</EM>
- 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 do not support the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses ter-
- minfo; and outright broken ports like AIX 3.x that have their
- own extensions incompatible with SVr4/XSI. Available subsets
+ 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 do not support 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 <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for
details.
- <STRONG>-r</STRONG> Force entry resolution (so there are no remaining tc capabili-
- ties) 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 multiple tc capabilities
- per entry.
+ <STRONG>-r</STRONG> 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 multiple tc
+ capabilities per entry.
- <STRONG>-s</STRONG> Summarize the compile by showing the database location into
- which entries are written, and the number of entries which are
+ <STRONG>-s</STRONG> Summarize the compile by showing the database location into
+ which entries are written, and the number of entries which are
compiled.
- <STRONG>-T</STRONG> 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 ter-
- minfo).
+ <STRONG>-T</STRONG> 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).
- <STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when
- translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable capabili-
- ties are commented-out.
+ <STRONG>-t</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to discard commented-out capabilities. Normally when
+ translating from terminfo to termcap, untranslatable
+ capabilities are commented-out.
- <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> to not post-process the data after parsing the source
+ <STRONG>-U</STRONG> tells <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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 termcaps.
@@ -261,11 +260,11 @@
<STRONG>-v</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard error trace
information showing <STRONG>tic</STRONG>'s progress.
- The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
+ The optional parameter <EM>n</EM> is a number from 1 to 10, inclusive,
indicating the desired level of detail of information. If ncurses
- is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is
- ignored. If <EM>n</EM> is omitted, the default level is 1. If <EM>n</EM> is speci-
- fied and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.
+ is built without tracing support, the optional parameter is
+ ignored. If <EM>n</EM> is omitted, the default level is 1. If <EM>n</EM> is
+ specified and greater than 1, the level of detail is increased.
The debug flag levels are as follows:
@@ -285,68 +284,69 @@
If the debug level <EM>n</EM> is not given, it is taken to be one.
- <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings to be
+ <STRONG>-W</STRONG> By itself, the <STRONG>-w</STRONG> option will not force long strings to be
wrapped. Use the <STRONG>-W</STRONG> option to do this.
- If you specify both <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options, the latter is ignored when
+ If you specify both <STRONG>-f</STRONG> and <STRONG>-W</STRONG> options, the latter is ignored when
<STRONG>-f</STRONG> has already split the line.
<STRONG>-w</STRONG><EM>n</EM> specifies the width of the output. The parameter is optional. If
it is omitted, it defaults to 60.
- <STRONG>-x</STRONG> Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined (see <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>).
- That is, if you supply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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.
+ <STRONG>-x</STRONG> Treat unknown capabilities as user-defined (see <STRONG>user_caps(5)</STRONG>).
+ That is, if you supply a capability name which <STRONG>tic</STRONG> 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.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-PARAMETERS">PARAMETERS</a></H3><PRE>
- <EM>file</EM> contains one or more <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> terminal descriptions in source
- format [see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>]. Each description in the file
+ <EM>file</EM> contains one or more <STRONG>terminfo</STRONG> terminal descriptions in source
+ format [see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>]. Each description in the file
describes the capabilities of a particular terminal.
- If <EM>file</EM> is "-", then the data is read from the standard input.
+ If <EM>file</EM> is "-", then the data is read from the standard input.
The <EM>file</EM> parameter may also be the path of a character-device.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-PROCESSING">PROCESSING</a></H3><PRE>
- All but one of the capabilities recognized by <STRONG>tic</STRONG> are documented in
+ All but one of the capabilities recognized by <STRONG>tic</STRONG> are documented in
<STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>. The exception is the <STRONG>use</STRONG> capability.
When a <STRONG>use</STRONG>=<EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> field is discovered in a terminal entry currently
- being compiled, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> reads in the binary from <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> to
- complete the entry. (Entries created from <EM>file</EM> will be used first.
- <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> for the current entry,
+ being compiled, <STRONG>tic</STRONG> reads in the binary from <STRONG>/usr/share/terminfo</STRONG> to
+ complete the entry. (Entries created from <EM>file</EM> will be used first.
+ <STRONG>tic</STRONG> duplicates the capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>-<EM>name</EM> for the current entry,
with the exception of those capabilities that explicitly are defined in
the current entry.
- When an entry, e.g., <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>, contains a <STRONG>use=</STRONG><EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> field,
- any canceled capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> must also appear in
- <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG> before <STRONG>use=</STRONG> for these capabilities to be canceled in
+ When an entry, e.g., <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>, contains a <STRONG>use=</STRONG><EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> field,
+ any canceled capabilities in <EM>entry</EM>_<EM>name</EM>_<EM>2</EM> must also appear in
+ <STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG> before <STRONG>use=</STRONG> for these capabilities to be canceled in
<STRONG>entry_name_1</STRONG>.
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.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-HISTORY">HISTORY</a></H2><PRE>
- System V Release 2 provided a <STRONG>tic</STRONG> utility. It accepted a single
- option: <STRONG>-v</STRONG> (optionally followed by a number). According to Ross
+ System V Release 2 provided a <STRONG>tic</STRONG> utility. It accepted a single
+ option: <STRONG>-v</STRONG> (optionally followed by a number). According to Ross
Ridge's comment in <EM>mytinfo</EM>, this version of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> was unable to represent
cancelled capabilities.
- System V Release 3 provided a different <STRONG>tic</STRONG> utility, written by Pavel
- Curtis, (originally named "compile" in <EM>pcurses</EM>). This added an option
- <STRONG>-c</STRONG> to check the file for errors, with the caveat that errors in "use="
- links would not be reported. System V Release 3 documented a few warn-
- ing messages which did not appear in <EM>pcurses</EM>. While the program itself
- was changed little as development continued with System V Release 4,
- the table of capabilities grew from 180 (<EM>pcurses</EM>) to 464 (Solaris).
+ System V Release 3 provided a different <STRONG>tic</STRONG> utility, written by Pavel
+ Curtis, (originally named "compile" in <EM>pcurses</EM>). This added an option
+ <STRONG>-c</STRONG> to check the file for errors, with the caveat that errors in "use="
+ links would not be reported. System V Release 3 documented a few
+ warning messages which did not appear in <EM>pcurses</EM>. While the program
+ itself was changed little as development continued with System V
+ Release 4, the table of capabilities grew from 180 (<EM>pcurses</EM>) to 464
+ (Solaris).
In early development of ncurses (1993), Zeyd Ben-Halim used the table
from <EM>mytinfo</EM> to extend the <EM>pcurses</EM> table to 469 capabilities (456
@@ -401,20 +401,20 @@
the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option. The NetBSD <STRONG>tic</STRONG> program follows X/Open's documentation,
omitting the <STRONG>-v</STRONG> option.
- The X/Open rationale states that some implementations of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> read ter-
- minal descriptions from the standard input if the <EM>file</EM> parameter is
+ The X/Open rationale states that some implementations of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> read
+ terminal descriptions from the standard input if the <EM>file</EM> parameter is
omitted. None of these implementations do that. Further, it comments
- that some may choose to read from "./terminfo.src" but that is obsoles-
- cent behavior from SVr2, and is not (for example) a documented feature
- of SVr3.
+ that some may choose to read from "./terminfo.src" but that is
+ obsolescent behavior from SVr2, and is not (for example) a documented
+ feature of SVr3.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-COMPATIBILITY">COMPATIBILITY</a></H3><PRE>
There is some evidence that historic <STRONG>tic</STRONG> implementations treated
description fields with no whitespace in them as additional aliases or
- short names. This <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not do that, but it does warn when descrip-
- tion fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous char-
- acters.
+ short names. This <STRONG>tic</STRONG> does not do that, but it does warn when
+ description fields may be treated that way and check them for dangerous
+ characters.
</PRE><H3><a name="h3-EXTENSIONS">EXTENSIONS</a></H3><PRE>
@@ -424,11 +424,11 @@
termcap names taken to be equivalent to terminfo names.
The SVr4 manual pages are not clear on the resolution rules for <STRONG>use</STRONG>
- capabilities. This implementation of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> will find <STRONG>use</STRONG> targets any-
- where in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at <STRONG>TER-</STRONG>
- <STRONG>MINFO</STRONG> (if <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> is defined), or in the user's <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM> data-
- base (if it exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree of
- compiled entries.
+ capabilities. This implementation of <STRONG>tic</STRONG> will find <STRONG>use</STRONG> targets
+ anywhere in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at
+ <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> (if <STRONG>TERMINFO</STRONG> is defined), or in the user's <EM>$HOME/.terminfo</EM>
+ database (if it exists), or (finally) anywhere in the system's file
+ tree of compiled entries.
The error messages from this <STRONG>tic</STRONG> have the same format as GNU C error
messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.
@@ -458,10 +458,10 @@
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
+ <STRONG><A HREF="captoinfo.1m.html">captoinfo(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="infotocap.1m.html">infotocap(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="toe.1m.html">toe(1m)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>,
<STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>. <STRONG><A HREF="user_caps.5.html">user_caps(5)</A></STRONG>.
- This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20200215).
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.2 (patch 20210109).
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