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tic - terminfo compiler
tic -vn -c file
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The command tic translates a terminfo file from the source
format into the compiled format. The results are placed in the directory
/usr/share/lib/terminfo. The compiled format is necessary for use with the
library routines in curses(3X)
.
If the environment variable TERMINFO
is
set, the compiled results are placed there instead of /usr/share/lib/terminfo.
Total compiled entries cannot exceed 4096 bytes. The name field cannot exceed
128 bytes. Terminal names exceeding 14 characters will be truncated to 14
characters and a warning message will be printed.
- -vn
- Specify that
(verbose) output be written to standard error trace information showing
tic’s progress. The optional integer n is a number from 1 to 10, 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.
- -c
- Specifies to check only file for errors. Errors in use= links
are not detected.
- file
- Contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions
in source format [see terminfo(4)
]. Each description in the file describes
the capabilities of a particular terminal. When a use=entry-name field is
discovered in a terminal entry currently being compiled, tic reads in the
binary from /usr/share/lib/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/lib/terminfo.) tic duplicates
the capabilities in entry-name for the current entry, with the exception
of those capabilities that are explicitly defined in the current entry.
- /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/*
- compiled terminal description database
captoinfo(1M)
, infocmp(1M)
, curses(3X)
, terminfo(4)
When
an entry, for example, 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.
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