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Dickey * * Copyright 1998-2016,2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * * * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written * * authorization. * **************************************************************************** - * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.77 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp @ + * @Id: tic.1m,v 1.80 2021/08/15 20:01:19 tom Exp @ --> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <HTML> @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ </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 <<STRONG>term.h</STRONG>> <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 - are "SVr1", "Ultrix", "HP", "BSD" and "AIX"; see <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> for + 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 20200212). + This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 6.3 (patch 20211021). </PRE><H2><a name="h2-AUTHOR">AUTHOR</a></H2><PRE> |