NAME
tic —
terminfo compiler
SYNOPSIS
tic |
[-acSsx] [-o
file] source
[term1 term2 ...] |
DESCRIPTION
Thetic utility compiles
terminfo(5) source into a database for use by other programs. The
created database path name is the same as the source but with .cdb appended.
The following options are available:
-a- Do not discard commented out capabilities.
-c- Only check for errors, don't write the final database.
-ofile- Write the database to file instead of source.cdb.
-S- For term1, term2, ... output a C structure containing name, compiled description, and compiled size. This can be used to embed terminal descriptions into a program.
-s- Display the number of terminal descriptions written to the database.
-x- Include non standard capabilities defined in the source.
Extensions To Terminfo
When tic discovers a
use=term capability, the terminal
description for term is merged in. Capabilities do not
overwrite previously discovered ones and capabilities ending with @ are
marked as absent so the terminal does not inherit the capability from
used terminals.
EXIT STATUS
The tic utility exits 0 on success,
and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
To maintain your private terminfo definitions, if the system supplied ones do not support your terminal:
tic ~/.terminfoSEE ALSO
STANDARDS
The tic utility works with terminfo files
that conform to the X/Open Curses Issue 4,
Version 2 (“XCURSES4.2”) standard.
AUTHORS
Roy Marples <roy@NetBSD.org>