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NAME

tic - the terminfo entry-description compiler

SYNOPSIS

tic [-1CGILNTUVacfgrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-R subset] [-

v[n]] [-w[n]] file

DESCRIPTION

The command tic translates a terminfo file from source for-

mat into compiled format. The compiled format is necessary for use with the library routines in ncurses(3X). The results are normally placed in the system terminfo directory /usr/gnu/share/terminfo. There are two ways to change this behavior. First, you may override the system default by setting the variable TERMINFO in your shell environment to a valid (existing) directory name.

Secondly, if tic cannot get access to

/usr/gnu/share/terminfo or your TERMINFO directory, it looks

for the directory $HOME/.terminfo; if that directory exists,

the entry is placed there. Libraries that read terminfo entries are expected to check

for a TERMINFO directory first, look at $HOME/.terminfo if

TERMINFO is not set, and finally look in /usr/gnu/share/terminfo.

-1 restricts the output to a single column

-a tells tic to retain commented-out capabilities rather

than discarding them. Capabilities are commented by

prefixing them with a period. This sets the -x 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.

-C Force source translation to termcap format. Note: this

differs from the -C option of infocmp(1M) in that it

does not merely translate capability names, but also

translates terminfo strings to termcap format. Capa-

bilities that are not translatable are left in the entry under their terminfo names but commented out with two preceding dots.

-c tells tic to only check file for errors, including syn-

tax problems 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 SunOS 5.10 Last change: 1

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(4096) bytes long. Due to a fixed buffer length in

older termcap libraries (and a documented limit in ter-

minfo), these entries may cause core dumps.

-e names

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. Other-

wise 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

compiled, this option may require -I or -C.)

-f Display complex terminfo strings which contain

if/then/else/endif expressions indented for readabil-

ity.

-G Display constant literals in decimal form rather than

their character equivalents.

-g Display constant character literals in quoted form

rather than their decimal equivalents.

-I Force source translation to terminfo format.

-L Force source translation to terminfo format using the

long C variable names listed in

-N Disable smart defaults. Normally, when translating from

termcap to terminfo, the compiler makes a number of assumptions about the defaults of string capabilities

reset1_string, carriage_return, cursor_left,

cursor_down, scroll_forward, tab, newline,

key_backspace, key_left, and key_down, then attempts to

use obsolete termcap capabilities to deduce correct values. It also normally suppresses output of obsolete termcap capabilities such as bs. This option forces a more literal translation that also preserves the obsolete capabilities.

-odir

Write compiled entries to given directory. Overrides the TERMINFO environment variable.

-Rsubset

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 incompati-

ble with SVr4/XSI. Available subsets are "SVr1", SunOS 5.10 Last change: 2

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"Ultrix", "HP", "BSD" and "AIX"; see terminfo(5) for details.

-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 multiple tc capabilities per entry.

-s Summarize the compile by showing the directory into

which entries are written, and the number of entries which are compiled.

-T 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).

-t tells tic to discard commented-out capabilities. Nor-

mally when translating from terminfo to termcap,

untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.

-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 termcaps.

-V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this

program, and exits.

-vn specifies that (verbose) output be written to standard

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 particular

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terminal. The debug flag levels are as follows: 1 Names of files created and linked 2 Information related to the ``use'' facility

3 Statistics from the hashing algorithm

5 String-table memory allocations

7 Entries into the string-table

8 List of tokens encountered by scanner 9 All values computed in construction of the hash table If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be one.

All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are docu-

mented 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/gnu/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/gnu/share/terminfo.) tic duplicates the capabili-

ties 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 entry_name_1.

If the environment variable TERMINFO is set, the compiled results are placed there instead of /usr/gnu/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 long filenames, 14 characters otherwise) will be truncated 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

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treated that way and check them for dangerous characters. EXTENSIONS

Unlike the stock SVr4 tic command, this implementation can

actually compile termcap sources. In fact, entries in ter-

minfo 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 anywhere in the source file, or anywhere in the file tree rooted at TERMINFO (if TERMINFO is defined), or in

the user's $HOME/.terminfo directory (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 messages, and can be parsed by GNU Emacs's compile facility.

The -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 $HOME/.terminfo directory unless TERMINFO is explicitly

set to it. FILES /usr/gnu/share/terminfo/?/* Compiled terminal description database.

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NAME

tic - the terminfo entry-description compiler

SYNOPSIS

tic [-1CGILNTUVacfgrstx] [-e names] [-o dir] [-R subset] [-

DESCRIPTION

The command tic translates a terminfo file from source for-

Secondly, if tic cannot get access to

-a tells tic to retain commented-out capabilities rather

-c tells tic to only check file for errors, including syn-

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it contains a '/'. (Note: depending on how tic was

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-t tells tic to discard commented-out capabilities. Nor-

-U tells tic to not post-process the data after parsing

error trace information showing tic's progress. The

if you supply a capability name which tic does not

the file describes the capabilities of a particular

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3 Statistics from the hashing algorithm

All but one of the capabilities recognized by tic are docu-

entry currently being compiled, tic reads in the binary from

of /usr/gnu/share/terminfo.) tic duplicates the capabili-

There is some evidence that historic tic implementations

additional aliases or short names. This tic does not do

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Unlike the stock SVr4 tic command, this implementation can

for use capabilities. This implementation of tic will find

The error messages from this tic have the same format as GNU

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