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.\" $NetBSD: tic.1,v 1.11 2013/07/20 21:40:00 wiz Exp $
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.\" by Roy Marples.
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.Dd June 3, 2012
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.Dt TIC 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm tic
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.Nd terminfo compiler
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm tic
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.Op Fl acSsx
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.Op Fl o Ar file
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.Ar source
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.Op Ar term1 term2 ...
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility compiles
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.Xr terminfo 5
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source into a database for use by other programs.
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The created database path name is the same as the source but with .cdb appended.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width Fl
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.It Fl a
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Do not discard commented out capabilities.
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.It Fl c
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Only check for errors, don't write the final database.
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.It Fl o Ar file
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Write the database to
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.Ar file
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instead of
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.Ar source Ns .cdb .
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.It Fl S
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For
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.Ar term1 , term2 , ...
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output a C structure containing name, compiled description, and compiled size.
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This can be used to embed terminal descriptions into a program.
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.It Fl s
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Display the number of terminal descriptions written to the database.
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.It Fl x
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Include non standard capabilities defined in the
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.Ar source .
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.El
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.Ss Extensions To Terminfo
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When
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.Nm
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discovers a
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.Sy use Ns = Ns Va term
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capability, the terminal description for
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.Va term
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is merged in.
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Capabilities do not overwrite previously disovered ones and capabilities
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ending with @ are marked as absent so the terminal does not inherit the
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capability from
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.Sy use Ns d
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terminals.
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std tic
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.Sh EXAMPLES
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To maintain your private terminfo definitions, if the system supplied
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ones do not support your terminal:
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.Bd -literal -offset indent
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.Ic tic ~/.terminfo
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.Ed
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr infocmp 1 ,
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.Xr tput 1 ,
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.Xr curses 3 ,
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.Xr terminfo 5
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.Sh STANDARDS
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The
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.Nm
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utility works with terminfo files that conform to the
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.St -xcurses4.2
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standard.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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.An Roy Marples Aq Mt roy@NetBSD.org
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