# ncurses 6.0 - patch 20150905 - Thomas E. Dickey # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # Ncurses 6.0 is at # ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu # # Patches for ncurses 6.0 are in the subdirectory # ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.0 # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # ftp://invisible-island.net/ncurses/6.0/ncurses-6.0-20150905.patch.gz # patch by Thomas E. Dickey # created Sun Sep 6 01:23:48 UTC 2015 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # NEWS | 12 ++ # VERSION | 2 # dist.mk | 4 # doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html | 2 # doc/html/man/clear.1.html | 2 # doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html | 50 ++++++++---- # doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html | 4 # doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html | 21 ++++- # doc/html/man/form.3x.html | 2 # doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html | 77 +++++++++++------- # doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html | 2 # doc/html/man/menu.3x.html | 2 # doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html | 2 # doc/html/man/panel.3x.html | 2 # doc/html/man/tabs.1.html | 2 # doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html | 2 # doc/html/man/tic.1m.html | 139 ++++++++++++++++++---------------- # doc/html/man/toe.1m.html | 39 +++++---- # doc/html/man/tput.1.html | 2 # doc/html/man/tset.1.html | 2 # include/term_entry.h | 3 # man/curs_addch.3x | 19 ++++ # man/curs_attr.3x | 6 - # man/curs_threads.3x | 4 # man/infocmp.1m | 26 +++++- # man/tic.1m | 25 +++++- # man/toe.1m | 7 + # ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c | 13 +-- # package/debian-mingw/changelog | 4 # package/debian-mingw64/changelog | 4 # package/debian/changelog | 4 # package/mingw-ncurses.nsi | 4 # package/mingw-ncurses.spec | 2 # package/ncurses.map | 9 +- # package/ncurses.spec | 2 # package/ncurses.sym | 3 # package/ncursest.map | 9 +- # package/ncursest.sym | 3 # package/ncursestw.map | 9 +- # package/ncursestw.sym | 3 # package/ncursesw.map | 9 +- # package/ncursesw.sym | 3 # progs/dump_entry.c | 96 +++++++++++++++++++++-- # progs/dump_entry.h | 5 - # progs/infocmp.c | 21 +++-- # progs/tic.c | 47 ++++++++--- # 46 files changed, 491 insertions(+), 219 deletions(-) # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Index: NEWS Prereq: 1.2487 --- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/NEWS 2015-08-22 23:55:21.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/NEWS 2015-09-05 21:14:36.000000000 +0000 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ -- sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written -- -- authorization. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2487 2015/08/22 23:55:21 tom Exp $ +-- $Id: NEWS,v 1.2490 2015/09/05 21:14:36 tom Exp $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a log of changes that ncurses has gone through since Zeyd started @@ -45,6 +45,16 @@ Changes through 1.9.9e did not credit all contributions; it is not possible to add this information. +20150905 + + add note in curs_addch.3x about line-drawing when it depends upon + UTF-8. + + add tic -q option for consistency with infocmp, use it to suppress + all comments from the "tic -I" output. + + modify infocmp -q option to suppress the "Reconstructed from" + header. + + add infocmp/tic -Q option, which allows one to dump the compiled + form of the terminal entry, in hexadecimal or base64. + 20150822 + sort options in usage message for infocmp, to make it simpler to see unused letters. Index: VERSION --- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/VERSION 2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/VERSION 2015-09-05 21:14:02.000000000 +0000 @@ -1 +1 @@ -5:0:9 6.0 20150822 +5:0:9 6.0 20150905 Index: dist.mk Prereq: 1.1067 --- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/dist.mk 2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/dist.mk 2015-09-05 21:14:02.000000000 +0000 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ # use or other dealings in this Software without prior written # # authorization. # ############################################################################## -# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1067 2015/08/17 08:41:12 tom Exp $ +# $Id: dist.mk,v 1.1069 2015/09/05 21:14:02 tom Exp $ # Makefile for creating ncurses distributions. # # This only needs to be used directly as a makefile by developers, but @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ # These define the major/minor/patch versions of ncurses. NCURSES_MAJOR = 6 NCURSES_MINOR = 0 -NCURSES_PATCH = 20150822 +NCURSES_PATCH = 20150905 # We don't append the patch to the version, since this only applies to releases VERSION = $(NCURSES_MAJOR).$(NCURSES_MINOR) Index: doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html --- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html 2015-08-08 18:45:46.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/captoinfo.1m.html 2015-09-05 21:19:32.000000000 +0000 @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@

SEE ALSO

        infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
Index: doc/html/man/clear.1.html --- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/clear.1.html 2015-08-08 18:45:46.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/clear.1.html 2015-09-05 21:19:32.000000000 +0000 @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@

SEE ALSO

        tput(1), terminfo(5)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html	2015-07-16 09:29:40.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/curs_addch.3x.html	2015-09-05 21:19:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@
        characters to the screen with routines of the  addch  fam-
        ily.   The  default  character listed below is used if the
        acsc  capability  does  not  define  a   terminal-specific
-       replacement for it.  The names are taken from VT100 nomen-
-       clature.
+       replacement for it, or if the terminal and locale configu-
+       ration requires Unicode but the library is unable  to  use
+       Unicode.
+
+       The names are taken from VT100 nomenclature.
 
        Name           Default   Description
        --------------------------------------------------
@@ -178,41 +181,54 @@

RETURN VALUE

        All routines return the integer ERR upon failure and OK on
-       success  (the  SVr4 manuals specify only "an integer value
+       success (the SVr4 manuals specify only "an  integer  value
        other than ERR") upon successful completion, unless other-
        wise noted in the preceding routine descriptions.
 
-       Functions  with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor move-
-       ment using wmove, and return an error if the  position  is
+       Functions with a "mv" prefix first perform a cursor  move-
+       ment  using  wmove, and return an error if the position is
        outside the window, or if the window pointer is null.

NOTES

-       Note  that  addch,  mvaddch, mvwaddch, and echochar may be
+       Note that addch, mvaddch, mvwaddch, and  echochar  may  be
        macros.

PORTABILITY

-       All these functions are described in the XSI Curses  stan-
-       dard,  Issue  4.  The defaults specified for forms-drawing
+       All  these functions are described in the XSI Curses stan-
+       dard, Issue 4.  The defaults specified  for  forms-drawing
        characters apply in the POSIX locale.
 
-       X/Open Curses states that the ACS_  definitions  are  char
-       constants.   For  the  wide-character  implementation (see
+       X/Open  Curses  states  that the ACS_ definitions are char
+       constants.  For  the  wide-character  implementation  (see
        curs_add_wch), there are analogous WACS_ definitions which
        are cchar_t constants.
 
-       Some  ACS symbols (ACS_S3, ACS_S7, ACS_LEQUAL, ACS_GEQUAL,
-       ACS_PI, ACS_NEQUAL, ACS_STERLING) were not  documented  in
-       any  publicly  released  System V.  However, many publicly
-       available terminfos include acsc strings  in  which  their
-       key  characters  (pryz{|}) are embedded, and a second-hand
-       list of their character descriptions has  come  to  light.
-       The   ACS-prefixed   names  for  them  were  invented  for
+       Some ACS symbols (ACS_S3, ACS_S7, ACS_LEQUAL,  ACS_GEQUAL,
+       ACS_PI,  ACS_NEQUAL,  ACS_STERLING) were not documented in
+       any publicly released System V.   However,  many  publicly
+       available  terminfos  include  acsc strings in which their
+       key characters (pryz{|}) are embedded, and  a  second-hand
+       list  of  their  character descriptions has come to light.
+       The  ACS-prefixed  names  for  them  were   invented   for
        ncurses(3x).
 
+       The  displayed  values  for  the  ACS_ and WACS_ constants
+       depend on
+
+       o   the library configuration, i.e., ncurses versus ncurs-
+           esw, where the latter is capable of displaying Unicode
+           while the former is not, and
+
+       o   whether the locale uses UTF-8 encoding.
+
+       In certain cases, the terminal is unable to display  line-
+       drawing  characters except by using UTF-8 (see the discus-
+       sion of NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS in ncurses(3x)).
+
        The TABSIZE variable is implemented in  some  versions  of
        curses, but is not part of X/Open curses.
 
Index: doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html	2015-07-22 00:49:55.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/curs_attr.3x.html	2015-09-05 23:05:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@
 
Attributes
        The following video attributes, defined in <curses.h>, can
        be passed to the routines attron, attroff, and attrset, or
-       OR'd with the characters passed to  addch  (see  curs_add-
-       ch(3x)).
+       OR'd with the characters passed to  addch  (see  curs_add-
+       ch(3x)).
 
               Name            Description
               ------------------------------------------------------------
Index: doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html	2015-05-13 19:27:46.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/curs_variables.3x.html	2015-09-05 21:19:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
 
@@ -163,10 +163,25 @@
        ESCDELAY  and TABSIZE are extensions, not provided in most
        other implementations of curses.
 
+       ESCDELAY is an extension in AIX curses:
+
+       o   In AIX, the units for ESCDELAY are fifths  of  a  mil-
+           lisecond.
+
+       o   The default value for AIX's ESCDELAY is 0.1 seconds.
+
+       o   AIX also enforces a limit of 10,000 seconds for ESCDE-
+           LAY; this implementation currently has no upper limit.
+
+       This implementation has long used ESCDELAY with  units  of
+       milliseconds,  making  it impossible to be completely com-
+       patible with AIX.  Likewise, most users have either decid-
+       ed to override the value, or rely upon its default value.
+
 
 

 
SEE ALSO
-       curses(3x),      curs_opaque(3x),       curs_terminfo(3x),
+       curses(3x),       curs_opaque(3x),      curs_terminfo(3x),
        curs_threads(3x), term_variables(3x), terminfo(5).
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/form.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/form.3x.html	2015-08-08 18:45:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/form.3x.html	2015-09-05 21:19:36.000000000 +0000
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
        curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "form_" for
        detailed descriptions of the entry points.
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html	2015-08-08 18:45:51.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/infocmp.1m.html	2015-09-05 21:19:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
   * authorization.                                                           *
   ****************************************************************************
-  * @Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.56 2015/05/23 20:50:00 tom Exp @
+  * @Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.57 2015/09/05 20:50:22 tom Exp @
 -->
 
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 

 
SYNOPSIS
        infocmp [-1CDEFGIKLTUVcdegilnpqrtux]
-             [-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-R subset]
+             [-v n] [-s d| i| l| c] [-Q n] [-R subset]
              [-w width] [-A directory] [-B directory]
              [termname...]
 
@@ -374,29 +374,44 @@
 
        -p   Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
 
-       -q   Make  the comparison listing shorter by omitting sub-
-            headings, and using "-" for absent capabilities,  "@"
-            for canceled rather than "NULL".
+       -Q n 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
+
+               2  base64
+
+               3  hexadecimal and base64
+
+       -q   This makes the output a little shorter:
+
+            o   Make  the  comparison listing shorter by omitting
+                subheadings, and using "-" for  absent  capabili-
+                ties, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
+
+            o   Omit  the "Reconstructed from" comment for source
+                listings.
 
        -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  variants
+            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 variants
             such as AIX that have their own extensions incompati-
             ble with SVr4/XSI.
 
             Available  terminfo  subsets  are  "SVr1",  "Ultrix",
-            "HP",  and  "AIX";  see terminfo(5) for details.  You
-            can also choose the subset "BSD" which  selects  only
-            capabilities  with  termcap equivalents recognized by
+            "HP", and "AIX"; see terminfo(5)  for  details.   You
+            can  also  choose the subset "BSD" which selects only
+            capabilities with termcap equivalents  recognized  by
             4.4BSD.
 
        -s [d|i|l|c]
-            The -s option  sorts  the  fields  within  each  type
+            The  -s  option  sorts  the  fields  within each type
             according to the argument below:
 
-            d    leave  fields  in the order that they are stored
+            d    leave fields in the order that they  are  stored
                  in the terminfo database.
 
             i    sort by terminfo name.
@@ -406,38 +421,38 @@
             c    sort by the termcap name.
 
             If the -s option is not given, the fields printed out
-            will  be  sorted  alphabetically by the terminfo name
+            will be sorted alphabetically by  the  terminfo  name
             within each type, except in the case of the -C or the
             -L options, which cause the sorting to be done by the
-            termcap name or the long  C  variable  name,  respec-
+            termcap  name  or  the  long C variable name, respec-
             tively.
 
-       -T   eliminates  size-restrictions  on the generated text.
+       -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.
-            Normally  when  translating from terminfo to termcap,
+            Normally when translating from terminfo  to  termcap,
             untranslatable capabilities are commented-out.
 
-       -U   tells infocmp to  not  post-process  the  data  after
-            parsing  the  source  file.   This feature helps when
-            comparing the actual contents of  two  source  files,
-            since  it  excludes the inferences that infocmp makes
+       -U   tells  infocmp  to  not  post-process  the data after
+            parsing the source file.   This  feature  helps  when
+            comparing  the  actual  contents of two source files,
+            since it excludes the inferences that  infocmp  makes
             to fill in missing data.
 
        -V   reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
             program, and exits.
 
-       -v n prints  out  tracing information on standard error as
-            the program runs.  Higher values of n induce  greater
+       -v n prints out tracing information on standard  error  as
+            the  program runs.  Higher values of n induce greater
             verbosity.
 
        -w width
             changes the output to width characters.
 
-       -x   print   information  for  user-defined  capabilities.
+       -x   print  information  for  user-defined   capabilities.
             These are extensions to the terminfo repertoire which
             can be loaded using the -x option of tic.
 
@@ -450,13 +465,13 @@
 
 

 
EXTENSIONS
-       The -0, -1, -E, -F, -G, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e,  -f,  -g,  -i,
-       -l,  -p,  -q  and  -t  options  are  not supported in SVr4
+       The  -0,  -1,  -E, -F, -G, -R, -T, -V, -a, -e, -f, -g, -i,
+       -l, -p, -q and  -t  options  are  not  supported  in  SVr4
        curses.
 
        The -r option's notion of `termcap' capabilities is System
-       V  Release  4's.   Actual  BSD curses versions will have a
-       more restricted set.  To see only the 4.4BSD set,  use  -r
+       V Release 4's.  Actual BSD curses  versions  will  have  a
+       more  restricted  set.  To see only the 4.4BSD set, use -r
        -RBSD.
 
 
@@ -467,12 +482,12 @@
 
 

 
SEE ALSO
-       captoinfo(1m),     infotocap(1m),     tic(1m),    toe(1m),
+       captoinfo(1m),    infotocap(1m),     tic(1m),     toe(1m),
        curses(3x), terminfo(5).
 
        http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/tctest.html
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 

Index: doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html	2015-08-08 18:45:51.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/infotocap.1m.html	2015-09-05 21:19:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
SEE ALSO
        curses(3x), tic(1m), infocmp(1m), terminfo(5)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 

Index: doc/html/man/menu.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html	2015-08-08 18:45:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/menu.3x.html	2015-09-05 21:19:38.000000000 +0000
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
        curses(3x) and related pages whose names begin "menu_" for
        detailed descriptions of the entry points.
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html	2015-08-08 18:45:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/ncurses.3x.html	2015-09-05 21:19:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
        sonable optimization.  This implementation is "new curses"
        (ncurses) and is the approved replacement for 4.4BSD clas-
        sic  curses,  which has been discontinued.  This describes
-       ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
        The ncurses library emulates the curses library of  System
        V  Release  4  UNIX,  and  XPG4 (X/Open Portability Guide)
Index: doc/html/man/panel.3x.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html	2015-08-08 18:45:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/panel.3x.html	2015-09-05 21:19:39.000000000 +0000
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
 
SEE ALSO
        curses(3x), curs_variables(3x),
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 

Index: doc/html/man/tabs.1.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html	2015-08-08 18:45:53.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/tabs.1.html	2015-09-05 21:19:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 
SEE ALSO
        tset(1), infocmp(1m), curses(3x), terminfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html	2015-08-08 18:45:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/terminfo.5.html	2015-09-05 21:19:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
        nals by giving a set of capabilities which they  have,  by
        specifying how to perform screen operations, and by speci-
        fying padding requirements and  initialization  sequences.
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
        Entries in terminfo consist of a sequence of `,' separated
        fields (embedded commas may be escaped with a backslash or
Index: doc/html/man/tic.1m.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html	2015-08-08 18:45:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/tic.1m.html	2015-09-05 21:19:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 
 

 
SYNOPSIS
-       tic  [-01CDGIKLNTUVacfgrstx]  [-e names] [-o dir] [-R sub-
-       set] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file
+       tic  [-01CDGIKLNTUVacfgqrstx]  [-e names] [-o dir] [-Q[n]]
+       [-R subset] [-v[n]] [-w[n]] file
 
 
 

@@ -228,22 +228,35 @@
        -odir  Write  compiled entries to given database location.
               Overrides the TERMINFO environment variable.
 
+       -Qn    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
+
+               2  base64
+
+               3  hexadecimal and base64
+
+       -q     Suppress comments  and  blank  lines  when  showing
+              translated source.
+
        -Rsubset
-              Restrict output to a given subset.  This option  is
-              for  use  with  archaic  versions  of terminfo like
+              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 out-
+              the full set of SVR4/XSI Curses terminfo; and  out-
               right broken ports like AIX 3.x that have their own
-              extensions  incompatible  with SVr4/XSI.  Available
+              extensions incompatible with  SVr4/XSI.   Available
               subsets  are  "SVr1",  "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
+       -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 pre-
-              paring 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
+              paring  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 database loca-
@@ -251,28 +264,28 @@
               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.,
+              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.
+       -t     tells  tic  to  discard commented-out capabilities.
               Normally 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  term-
+       -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 term-
             caps.
 
        -V   reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
             program, and exits.
 
-       -vn  specifies that (verbose) output be written  to  stan-
-            dard  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
+       -vn  specifies  that  (verbose) output be written to stan-
+            dard 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.
 
             The debug flag levels are as follows:
@@ -289,32 +302,32 @@
 
             8      List of tokens encountered by scanner
 
-            9      All values computed  in  construction  of  the
+            9      All  values  computed  in  construction of the
                    hash table
 
-            If  the debug level n is not given, it is taken to be
+            If the debug level n is not given, it is taken to  be
             one.
 
-       -wn  specifies the width of the output.  The parameter  is
+       -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
+            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
+            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
+            whose  name  begins  with "k" are treated as function
             keys.

PARAMETERS

        file   contains one or more terminfo terminal descriptions
-              in source format [see terminfo(5)].  Each  descrip-
-              tion  in  the  file describes the capabilities of a
+              in  source format [see terminfo(5)].  Each descrip-
+              tion in the file describes the  capabilities  of  a
               particular terminal.
 
-              If file is "-", then the  data  is  read  from  the
+              If  file  is  "-",  then  the data is read from the
               standard input.  The file parameter may also be the
               path of a character-device.
 
@@ -325,62 +338,62 @@
        umented in terminfo(5).  The exception is the use capabil-
        ity.
 
-       When a use=entry-name field is discovered  in  a  terminal
-       entry  currently  being  compiled, tic reads in the binary
-       from /usr/share/terminfo to complete the entry.   (Entries
-       created  from file will be used first.  tic duplicates the
+       When  a  use=entry-name  field is discovered in a terminal
+       entry currently being compiled, tic reads  in  the  binary
+       from  /usr/share/terminfo to complete the entry.  (Entries
+       created from file will be used first.  tic duplicates  the
        capabilities in entry-name for the current entry, with the
-       exception   of  those  capabilities  that  explicitly  are
+       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=
+       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.
 
        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
+       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
+       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
-       that,  but  it  does  warn  when description fields may be
+       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
+       that, but it does warn  when  description  fields  may  be
        treated that way and check them for dangerous characters.

EXTENSIONS

        Unlike the SVr4 tic command, this implementation can actu-
-       ally  compile  termcap  sources.  In fact, entries in ter-
-       minfo and termcap syntax can be mixed in a  single  source
+       ally 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
+       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 any-
-       where  in the file tree rooted at TERMINFO (if TERMINFO is
+       where in the file tree rooted at TERMINFO (if TERMINFO  is
        defined), or in the user's $HOME/.terminfo database (if it
-       exists),  or  (finally) anywhere in the system's file tree
+       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
+       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 -0, -1, -C, -G, -I, -N, -R, -T, -V, -a,  -e,  -f,  -g,
-       -o,  -r,  -s,  -t  and  -x options are not supported under
+       The  -0,  -1,  -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  database unless TERMINFO is explic-
+       System  V does not compile entries to or read entries from
+       your $HOME/.terminfo database unless TERMINFO  is  explic-
        itly set to it.
 
 
@@ -392,10 +405,10 @@

SEE ALSO

-       infocmp(1m),   captoinfo(1m),   infotocap(1m),    toe(1m),
+       infocmp(1m),    captoinfo(1m),   infotocap(1m),   toe(1m),
        curses(3x), term(5).  terminfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
Index: doc/html/man/toe.1m.html --- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html 2015-08-08 18:45:54.000000000 +0000 +++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/toe.1m.html 2015-09-05 21:19:40.000000000 +0000 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @@ -77,34 +77,37 @@ marks entries which differ, and "+" marks equiva- lent entries. + Without the -s option, toe does not attempt to + merge duplicates in its report + -s sort the output by the entry names. -u file - says to write a report to the standard output, - listing dependencies in the given terminfo/termcap - source file. The report condenses the `use' rela- - tion: each line consists of the primary name of a - terminal that has use capabilities, followed by a + says to write a report to the standard output, + listing dependencies in the given terminfo/termcap + source file. The report condenses the `use' rela- + tion: each line consists of the primary name of a + terminal that has use capabilities, followed by a colon, followed by the whitespace-separated primary - names of all terminals which occur in those use + names of all terminals which occur in those use capabilities, followed by a newline -U file - says to write a report to the standard output, - listing reverse dependencies in the given ter- + says to write a report to the standard output, + listing reverse dependencies in the given ter- minfo/termcap source file. The report reverses the - `use' relation: each line consists of the primary + `use' relation: each line consists of the primary name of a terminal that occurs in use capabilities, - followed by a colon, followed by the whitespace- - separated primary names of all terminals which + followed by a colon, followed by the whitespace- + separated primary names of all terminals which depend on it, followed by a newline. -vn specifies that (verbose) output be written to stan- - dard error, showing toe's progress. The optional - parameter n is a number from 1 to 10, interpreted + dard error, showing toe's progress. The optional + parameter n is a number from 1 to 10, interpreted as for tic(1m). - -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in + -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this program, and exits. @@ -116,10 +119,10 @@

SEE ALSO

-       tic(1m),    infocmp(1m),   captoinfo(1m),   infotocap(1m),
+       tic(1m),   infocmp(1m),   captoinfo(1m),    infotocap(1m),
        curses(3x), terminfo(5).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/tput.1.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/tput.1.html	2015-08-08 18:45:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/tput.1.html	2015-09-05 21:19:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
 
SEE ALSO
        clear(1), stty(1), tabs(1), terminfo(5), curs_termcap(3x).
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 
Index: doc/html/man/tset.1.html
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/doc/html/man/tset.1.html	2015-08-08 18:45:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/doc/html/man/tset.1.html	2015-09-05 21:19:40.000000000 +0000
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
        csh(1),   sh(1),   stty(1),   curs_terminfo(3x),   tty(4),
        terminfo(5), ttys(5), environ(7)
 
-       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150808).
+       This describes ncurses version 6.0 (patch 20150905).
 
 
 
Index: include/term_entry.h
Prereq:  1.46 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/include/term_entry.h	2015-08-22 23:04:25.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/include/term_entry.h	2015-08-30 00:41:20.000000000 +0000
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1998-on                 *
  ****************************************************************************/
 
-/* $Id: term_entry.h,v 1.46 2015/08/22 23:04:25 tom Exp $ */
+/* $Id: term_entry.h,v 1.47 2015/08/30 00:41:20 tom Exp $ */
 
 /*
  *	term_entry.h -- interface to entry-manipulation code
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
 /* write_entry.c: writing an entry to the file system */
 extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_set_writedir (const char *);
 extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_write_entry (TERMTYPE *const);
+extern NCURSES_EXPORT(int) _nc_write_object(TERMTYPE *, char *, unsigned *, unsigned);
 
 /* comp_parse.c: entry list handling */
 extern NCURSES_EXPORT(void) _nc_read_entry_source (FILE*, char*, int, bool, bool (*)(ENTRY*));
Index: man/curs_addch.3x
Prereq:  1.36 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/man/curs_addch.3x	2015-07-16 09:14:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/man/curs_addch.3x	2015-09-05 21:13:25.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.36 2015/07/16 09:14:44 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_addch.3x,v 1.37 2015/09/05 21:13:25 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_addch 3X ""
 .de bP
 .IP \(bu 4
@@ -110,7 +110,10 @@
 The following variables may be used to add line drawing characters to the
 screen with routines of the \fBaddch\fR family.  The default character listed
 below is used if the \fBacsc\fR capability does not define a terminal-specific
-replacement for it.
+replacement for it,
+or if the terminal and locale configuration requires Unicode but the
+library is unable to use Unicode.
+.PP
 The names are taken from VT100 nomenclature.
 .PP
 .TS
@@ -185,6 +188,18 @@
 embedded, and a second-hand list of their character descriptions has come
 to light.  The ACS-prefixed names for them were invented for \fBncurses\fR(3X).
 .LP
+The \fIdisplayed\fP values for the \fIACS_\fP and \fIWACS_\fP constants
+depend on 
+.bP
+the library configuration, i.e., \fBncurses\fP versus \fBncursesw\fP,
+where the latter is capable of displaying Unicode while the former is not, and
+.bP
+whether the \fIlocale\fP uses UTF-8 encoding.
+.LP
+In certain cases, the terminal is unable to display line-drawing characters
+except by using UTF-8 (see the discussion of \fBNCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS\fP in
+ncurses(3X)).
+.LP
 The \fBTABSIZE\fR variable is implemented in some versions of curses,
 but is not part of X/Open curses.
 .LP
Index: man/curs_attr.3x
Prereq:  1.40 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/man/curs_attr.3x	2015-07-20 23:35:38.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/man/curs_attr.3x	2015-09-05 21:13:25.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.40 2015/07/20 23:35:38 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_attr.3x,v 1.41 2015/09/05 21:13:25 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_attr 3X ""
 .na
 .hy 0
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
 for \fBstdscr\fR.
 .PP
 There is no corresponding \fBattrget\fP function as such in X/Open Curses,
-although ncurses provides \fBgetattrs\fP (see curs_legacy(3x)).
+although ncurses provides \fBgetattrs\fP (see curs_legacy(3X)).
 .SS chgat
 .PP
 The routine \fBchgat\fR changes the attributes of a given number of characters
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
 .SS Attributes
 The following video attributes, defined in \fB\fR, can be passed to
 the routines \fBattron\fR, \fBattroff\fR, and \fBattrset\fR, or OR'd with the
-characters passed to \fBaddch\fR (see curs_addch(3x)).
+characters passed to \fBaddch\fR (see curs_addch(3X)).
 .PP
 .RS
 .TS
Index: man/curs_threads.3x
Prereq:  1.21 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/man/curs_threads.3x	2015-04-11 10:23:49.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/man/curs_threads.3x	2015-09-05 21:13:25.000000000 +0000
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: curs_threads.3x,v 1.21 2015/04/11 10:23:49 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: curs_threads.3x,v 1.22 2015/09/05 21:13:25 tom Exp $
 .TH curs_threads 3X ""
 .de bP
 .IP \(bu 4
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 use of the global variables when configured for threading.
 .PP
 In addition to forcing access to members of the \fBWINDOW\fP structure
-to be via functions (see \fBcurs_opaque\fP(3x)),
+to be via functions (see \fBcurs_opaque\fP(3X)),
 it makes functions of the common global variables,
 e.g.,
 COLORS,
Index: man/infocmp.1m
Prereq:  1.56 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/man/infocmp.1m	2015-05-23 20:50:00.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/man/infocmp.1m	2015-09-05 20:50:22.000000000 +0000
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.56 2015/05/23 20:50:00 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: infocmp.1m,v 1.57 2015/09/05 20:50:22 tom Exp $
 .TH @INFOCMP@ 1M ""
 .ds n 5
 .de bP
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
 x\
 \fR]
 .br
-      [\fB\-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR] [\fB\-R \fR\fBsubset\fR]
+      [\fB\-v\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-s d\fR| \fBi\fR| \fBl\fR| \fBc\fR] [\fB\-Q\fR \fIn\fR] [\fB\-R \fR\fBsubset\fR]
 .br
       [\fB\-w\fR\ \fIwidth\fR] [\fB\-A\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR] [\fB\-B\fR\ \fIdirectory\fR]
 .br
@@ -390,9 +390,31 @@
 \fB\-p\fR
 Ignore padding specifications when comparing strings.
 .TP 5
+\fB\-Q\fR \fIn\fR
+Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
+print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form,
+depending on the option's value:
+.RS 8
+.TP 3
+1
+hexadecimal
+.TP 3
+2
+base64
+.TP 3
+3
+hexadecimal and base64
+.RE
+.TP 5
 \fB\-q\fR
+This makes the output a little shorter:
+.RS
+.bP
 Make the comparison listing shorter by omitting subheadings, and using
 "\-" for absent capabilities, "@" for canceled rather than "NULL".
+.bP
+Omit the "Reconstructed from" comment for source listings.
+.RE
 .TP 5
 \fB\-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
 Restrict output to a given subset.
Index: man/tic.1m
Prereq:  1.60 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/man/tic.1m	2014-05-24 22:00:11.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/man/tic.1m	2015-09-05 20:45:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.60 2014/05/24 22:00:11 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: tic.1m,v 1.61 2015/09/05 20:45:49 tom Exp $
 .TH @TIC@ 1M ""
 .ie \n(.g .ds `` \(lq
 .el       .ds `` ``
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 c\
 f\
 g\
+q\
 r\
 s\
 t\
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 \fR]
 [\fB\-e\fR \fInames\fR]
 [\fB\-o\fR \fIdir\fR]
+[\fB\-Q\fR[\fIn\fR]]
 [\fB\-R\fR \fIsubset\fR]
 [\fB\-v\fR[\fIn\fR]]
 [\fB\-w\fR[\fIn\fR]]
@@ -243,6 +245,25 @@
 Write compiled entries to given database location.
 Overrides the TERMINFO environment variable.
 .TP
+\fB\-Q\fR\fIn\fR
+Rather than show source in terminfo (text) format,
+print the compiled (binary) format in hexadecimal or base64 form,
+depending on the option's value:
+.RS 8
+.TP 3
+1
+hexadecimal
+.TP 3
+2
+base64
+.TP 3
+3
+hexadecimal and base64
+.RE
+.TP
+\fB\-q\fR
+Suppress comments and blank lines when showing translated source.
+.TP
 \fB\-R\fR\fIsubset\fR
 Restrict output to a given subset.
 This option is for use with archaic
Index: man/toe.1m
Prereq:  1.26 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/man/toe.1m	2012-01-01 00:40:51.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/man/toe.1m	2015-08-29 22:04:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\"***************************************************************************
-.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2011,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
 .\"                                                                          *
 .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
 .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 .\" authorization.                                                           *
 .\"***************************************************************************
 .\"
-.\" $Id: toe.1m,v 1.26 2012/01/01 00:40:51 tom Exp $
+.\" $Id: toe.1m,v 1.27 2015/08/29 22:04:48 tom Exp $
 .TH @TOE@ 1M ""
 .ds n 5
 .ds d @TERMINFO@
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@
 showing (like \fBconflict\fP(1)) which entries which 
 belong to a given terminal database.
 An "*" marks entries which differ, and "+" marks equivalent entries.
+.IP
+Without the \fB\-s\fP option, \fB@TOE@\fR does not attempt to merge
+duplicates in its report
 .TP
 \fB\-s\fR
 sort the output by the entry names.
Index: ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c
Prereq:  1.92 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c	2014-11-01 14:47:00.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/ncurses/tinfo/write_entry.c	2015-09-05 21:24:29.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2013,2014 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2014,2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -47,12 +47,11 @@
 #define TRACE_OUT(p)		/*nothing */
 #endif
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: write_entry.c,v 1.92 2014/11/01 14:47:00 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: write_entry.c,v 1.93 2015/09/05 21:24:29 tom Exp $")
 
 static int total_written;
 
 static int make_db_root(const char *);
-static int write_object(TERMTYPE *, char *, unsigned *, unsigned);
 
 #if !USE_HASHED_DB
 static void
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@
     }
     DEBUG(1, ("Created %s", filename));
 
-    if (write_object(tp, buffer, &offset, limit) == ERR
+    if (_nc_write_object(tp, buffer, &offset, limit) == ERR
 	|| fwrite(buffer, sizeof(char), (size_t) offset, fp) != offset) {
 	_nc_syserr_abort("error writing %s/%s", _nc_tic_dir(0), filename);
     }
@@ -316,7 +315,7 @@
     _nc_set_type(first_name);
 
 #if USE_HASHED_DB
-    if (write_object(tp, buffer + 1, &offset, limit - 1) != ERR) {
+    if (_nc_write_object(tp, buffer + 1, &offset, limit - 1) != ERR) {
 	DB *capdb = _nc_db_open(_nc_tic_dir(0), TRUE);
 	DBT key, data;
 
@@ -620,8 +619,8 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-static int
-write_object(TERMTYPE *tp, char *buffer, unsigned *offset, unsigned limit)
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_write_object(TERMTYPE *tp, char *buffer, unsigned *offset, unsigned limit)
 {
     char *namelist;
     size_t namelen, boolmax, nummax, strmax;
Index: package/debian-mingw/changelog
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/debian-mingw/changelog	2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/debian-mingw/changelog	2015-09-05 21:14:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.0+20150822) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.0+20150905) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:41:12 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 05 Sep 2015 17:14:03 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/debian-mingw64/changelog
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/debian-mingw64/changelog	2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/debian-mingw64/changelog	2015-09-05 21:14:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.0+20150822) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.0+20150905) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:41:12 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 05 Sep 2015 17:14:03 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9-20131005) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/debian/changelog
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/debian/changelog	2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/debian/changelog	2015-09-05 21:14:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-ncurses6 (6.0+20150822) unstable; urgency=low
+ncurses6 (6.0+20150905) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * latest weekly patch
 
- -- Thomas E. Dickey   Mon, 17 Aug 2015 04:41:12 -0400
+ -- Thomas E. Dickey   Sat, 05 Sep 2015 17:14:03 -0400
 
 ncurses6 (5.9-20120608) unstable; urgency=low
 
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.nsi
Prereq:  1.120 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi	2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/mingw-ncurses.nsi	2015-09-05 21:14:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.120 2015/08/17 08:41:12 tom Exp $
+; $Id: mingw-ncurses.nsi,v 1.122 2015/09/05 21:14:03 tom Exp $
 
 ; TODO add examples
 ; TODO bump ABI to 6
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 !define VERSION_MAJOR "6"
 !define VERSION_MINOR "0"
 !define VERSION_YYYY  "2015"
-!define VERSION_MMDD  "0822"
+!define VERSION_MMDD  "0905"
 !define VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_YYYY}${VERSION_MMDD}
 
 !define MY_ABI   "5"
Index: package/mingw-ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/mingw-ncurses.spec	2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/mingw-ncurses.spec	2015-09-05 21:14:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: mingw32-ncurses6
 Version: 6.0
-Release: 20150822
+Release: 20150905
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: package/ncurses.map
Prereq:  1.34 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncurses.map	2015-06-27 22:28:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncurses.map	2015-09-05 19:27:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncurses.map,v 1.34 2015/06/27 22:28:50 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncurses.map,v 1.35 2015/09/05 19:27:16 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-versioning using ld
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -806,6 +806,13 @@
 		_nc_strict_bsd;
 } NCURSES_TIC_5.7.20081102;
 
+NCURSES_TIC_6.0.current {
+	global:
+		_nc_write_object;
+	local:
+		_*;
+} NCURSES_TIC_5.9.20150530;
+
 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 {
 	global:
 		BC;
Index: package/ncurses.spec
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncurses.spec	2015-08-17 08:41:12.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncurses.spec	2015-09-05 21:14:03.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: shared libraries for terminal handling
 Name: ncurses6
 Version: 6.0
-Release: 20150822
+Release: 20150905
 License: X11
 Group: Development/Libraries
 Source: ncurses-%{version}-%{release}.tgz
Index: package/ncurses.sym
Prereq:  1.23 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncurses.sym	2015-06-27 22:30:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncurses.sym	2015-09-05 19:36:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncurses.sym,v 1.23 2015/06/27 22:30:44 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncurses.sym,v 1.24 2015/09/05 19:36:49 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-visibility using libtool
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@
 _nc_viscbuf
 _nc_warning
 _nc_write_entry
+_nc_write_object
 _traceattr
 _traceattr2
 _tracechar
Index: package/ncursest.map
Prereq:  1.30 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncursest.map	2015-07-11 13:01:10.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncursest.map	2015-09-05 19:35:45.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncursest.map,v 1.30 2015/07/11 13:01:10 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncursest.map,v 1.31 2015/09/05 19:35:45 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-versioning using ld
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@
 		_nc_strict_bsd;
 } NCURSES_TIC_5.7.20081102;
 
+NCURSES_TIC_6.0.current {
+	global:
+		_nc_write_object;
+	local:
+		_*;
+} NCURSES_TIC_5.9.20150530;
+
 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 {
 	global:
 		BC;
Index: package/ncursest.sym
Prereq:  1.25 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncursest.sym	2015-07-11 23:33:50.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncursest.sym	2015-09-05 19:36:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncursest.sym,v 1.25 2015/07/11 23:33:50 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncursest.sym,v 1.26 2015/09/05 19:36:49 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-visibility using libtool
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
 _nc_viscbuf
 _nc_warning
 _nc_write_entry
+_nc_write_object
 _traceattr
 _traceattr2
 _tracechtype
Index: package/ncursestw.map
Prereq:  1.31 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncursestw.map	2015-07-11 13:02:44.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncursestw.map	2015-09-05 19:35:05.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncursestw.map,v 1.31 2015/07/11 13:02:44 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncursestw.map,v 1.32 2015/09/05 19:35:05 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-versioning using ld
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@
 		_nc_strict_bsd;
 } NCURSES_TIC_5.7.20081102;
 
+NCURSES_TIC_6.0.current {
+	global:
+		_nc_write_object;
+	local:
+		_*;
+} NCURSES_TIC_5.9.20150530;
+
 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 {
 	global:
 		BC;
Index: package/ncursestw.sym
Prereq:  1.23 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncursestw.sym	2015-07-11 23:33:35.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncursestw.sym	2015-09-05 19:36:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncursestw.sym,v 1.23 2015/07/11 23:33:35 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncursestw.sym,v 1.24 2015/09/05 19:36:49 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-visibility using libtool
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@
 _nc_warning
 _nc_wcrtomb
 _nc_write_entry
+_nc_write_object
 _traceattr
 _traceattr2
 _tracecchar_t
Index: package/ncursesw.map
Prereq:  1.36 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncursesw.map	2015-06-27 22:26:52.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncursesw.map	2015-09-05 19:33:48.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncursesw.map,v 1.36 2015/06/27 22:26:52 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncursesw.map,v 1.37 2015/09/05 19:33:48 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-versioning using ld
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@
 		_nc_strict_bsd;
 } NCURSES_TIC_5.7.20081102;
 
+NCURSES_TIC_6.0.current {
+	global:
+		_nc_write_object;
+	local:
+		_*;
+} NCURSES_TIC_5.9.20150530;
+
 NCURSES_TINFO_5.0.19991023 {
 	global:
 		BC;
Index: package/ncursesw.sym
Prereq:  1.24 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/package/ncursesw.sym	2015-06-27 22:30:29.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/package/ncursesw.sym	2015-09-05 19:36:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $Id: ncursesw.sym,v 1.24 2015/06/27 22:30:29 tom Exp $
+# $Id: ncursesw.sym,v 1.25 2015/09/05 19:36:49 tom Exp $
 # script for shared library symbol-visibility using libtool
 #
 # This file was generated by ncu-mapsyms
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
 _nc_wchstrlen
 _nc_wcrtomb
 _nc_write_entry
+_nc_write_object
 _traceattr
 _traceattr2
 _tracecchar_t
Index: progs/dump_entry.c
Prereq:  1.118 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/progs/dump_entry.c	2015-07-07 08:06:39.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/progs/dump_entry.c	2015-09-05 23:31:12.000000000 +0000
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@
 #include "termsort.c"		/* this C file is generated */
 #include 	/* so is this */
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: dump_entry.c,v 1.118 2015/07/07 08:06:39 Werner.Fink Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: dump_entry.c,v 1.123 2015/09/05 23:31:12 tom Exp $")
 
-#define INDENT			8
 #define DISCARD(string) string = ABSENT_STRING
 #define PRINTF (void) printf
 
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@
 static int oldcol;		/* last value of column before wrap */
 static bool pretty;		/* true if we format if-then-else strings */
 static bool checking;		/* true if we are checking for tic */
+static int quickdump;		/* true if we are dumping compiled data */
 
 static char *save_sgr;
 
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 static NCURSES_CONST char *const *str_names;
 
 static const char *separator = "", *trailer = "";
+static int indent = 8;
 
 /* cover various ports and variants of terminfo */
 #define V_ALLCAPS	0	/* all capabilities (SVr4, XSI, ncurses) */
@@ -193,13 +194,15 @@
 	  int theight,
 	  unsigned traceval,
 	  bool formatted,
-	  bool check)
+	  bool check,
+	  int quick)
 /* set up for entry display */
 {
     width = twidth;
     height = theight;
     pretty = formatted;
     checking = check;
+    quickdump = (quick & 3);
 
     /* versions */
     if (version == 0)
@@ -244,6 +247,7 @@
 	trailer = "\\\n\t:";
 	break;
     }
+    indent = 8;
 
     /* implement sort modes */
     switch (sortmode = sort) {
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@
     oldcol = column;
     trim_trailing();
     strcpy_DYN(&outbuf, trailer);
-    column = INDENT;
+    column = indent;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -422,7 +426,7 @@
     size_t need = strlen(src);
     size_t want = strlen(separator) + need;
 
-    if (column > INDENT
+    if (column > indent
 	&& column + (int) want > width) {
 	force_wrap();
     }
@@ -628,7 +632,7 @@
 
     strcpy_DYN(&outbuf, 0);
     if (content_only) {
-	column = INDENT;	/* FIXME: workaround to prevent empty lines */
+	column = indent;	/* FIXME: workaround to prevent empty lines */
     } else {
 	strcpy_DYN(&outbuf, tterm->term_names);
 
@@ -671,7 +675,7 @@
 	}
     }
 
-    if (column != INDENT && height > 1)
+    if (column != indent && height > 1)
 	force_wrap();
 
     for_each_number(j, tterm) {
@@ -699,7 +703,7 @@
 	}
     }
 
-    if (column != INDENT && height > 1)
+    if (column != indent && height > 1)
 	force_wrap();
 
     len += (int) (num_bools
@@ -1112,6 +1116,34 @@
     return result;
 }
 
+static void
+encode_b64(char *target, char *source, unsigned state, int *saved)
+{
+    /* RFC-4648 */
+    static const char data[] =
+    "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+    "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+    "0123456789" "-_";
+    int ch = UChar(source[state]);
+
+    switch (state % 3) {
+    case 0:
+	*target++ = data[ch & 077];
+	*saved = (ch >> 6) & 3;
+	break;
+    case 1:
+	*target++ = data[((ch << 2) | *saved) & 077];
+	*saved = (ch >> 4) & 017;
+	break;
+    case 2:
+	*target++ = data[((ch << 4) | *saved) & 077];
+	*target++ = data[(ch >> 2) & 077];
+	*saved = 0;
+	break;
+    }
+    *target = '\0';
+}
+
 /*
  * Dump a single entry.
  */
@@ -1127,6 +1159,48 @@
     const char *legend;
     bool infodump;
 
+    if (quickdump) {
+	char bigbuf[65536];
+	unsigned n;
+	unsigned offset = 0;
+	separator = "";
+	trailer = "\n";
+	indent = 0;
+	if (_nc_write_object(tterm, bigbuf, &offset, sizeof(bigbuf)) == OK) {
+	    char numbuf[80];
+	    if (quickdump & 1) {
+		if (outbuf.used)
+		    wrap_concat("\n");
+		wrap_concat("hex:");
+		for (n = 0; n < offset; ++n) {
+		    sprintf(numbuf, "%02X", UChar(bigbuf[n]));
+		    wrap_concat(numbuf);
+		}
+	    }
+	    if (quickdump & 2) {
+		int value = 0;
+		if (outbuf.used)
+		    wrap_concat("\n");
+		wrap_concat("b64:");
+		for (n = 0; n < offset; ++n) {
+		    encode_b64(numbuf, bigbuf, n, &value);
+		    wrap_concat(numbuf);
+		}
+		switch (n % 3) {
+		case 0:
+		    break;
+		case 1:
+		    wrap_concat("===");
+		    break;
+		case 2:
+		    wrap_concat("==");
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	return;
+    }
+
     if (outform == F_TERMCAP || outform == F_TCONVERR) {
 	critlen = MAX_TERMCAP_LENGTH;
 	legend = "older termcap";
@@ -1276,8 +1350,10 @@
 	}
 	outbuf.text[outbuf.used] = '\0';
     }
-    (void) fputs(outbuf.text, stdout);
-    putchar('\n');
+    if (outbuf.text != 0) {
+	(void) fputs(outbuf.text, stdout);
+	putchar('\n');
+    }
     return (int) outbuf.used;
 }
 
Index: progs/dump_entry.h
Prereq:  1.35 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/progs/dump_entry.h	2015-05-27 00:56:54.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/progs/dump_entry.h	2015-09-05 15:49:58.000000000 +0000
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  ****************************************************************************/
 
 /*
- * $Id: dump_entry.h,v 1.35 2015/05/27 00:56:54 tom Exp $
+ * $Id: dump_entry.h,v 1.37 2015/09/05 15:49:58 tom Exp $
  *
  * Dump control definitions and variables
  */
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@
 extern int show_entry(void);
 extern void compare_entry(PredHook, TERMTYPE *, bool);
 extern void dump_entry(TERMTYPE *, int, int, int, PredFunc);
-extern void dump_init(const char *, int, int, int, int, unsigned, bool, bool);
+extern void dump_init(const char *, int, int, int, int, unsigned, bool,
+		      bool, int);
 extern void dump_uses(const char *, bool);
 extern void repair_acsc(TERMTYPE *tp);
 
Index: progs/infocmp.c
Prereq:  1.134 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/progs/infocmp.c	2015-08-22 23:54:25.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/progs/infocmp.c	2015-09-05 15:49:57.000000000 +0000
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 #include 
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: infocmp.c,v 1.134 2015/08/22 23:54:25 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: infocmp.c,v 1.136 2015/09/05 15:49:57 tom Exp $")
 
 #define L_CURL "{"
 #define R_CURL "}"
@@ -989,7 +989,8 @@
     int i, n;
 
     memset(heads, 0, sizeof(heads));
-    dump_init((char *) 0, F_LITERAL, S_TERMINFO, 0, 65535, itrace, FALSE, FALSE);
+    dump_init((char *) 0, F_LITERAL, S_TERMINFO, 0, 65535, itrace, FALSE,
+	      FALSE, FALSE);
 
     for (n = 0; n < argc && n < MAXCOMPARE; n++) {
 	if (freopen(argv[n], "r", stdin) == 0)
@@ -1197,6 +1198,7 @@
 	,"  -l    output terminfo names"
 	,"  -n    list capabilities in neither"
 	,"  -p    ignore padding specifiers"
+	,"  -Q number  dump compiled description"
 	,"  -q    brief listing, removes headers"
 	,"  -r    with -C, output in termcap form"
 	,"  -r    with -F, resolve use-references"
@@ -1506,6 +1508,7 @@
     int initdump = 0;
     bool init_analyze = FALSE;
     bool suppress_untranslatable = FALSE;
+    int quickdump = 0;
 
     /* where is the terminfo database location going to default to? */
     restdir = firstdir = 0;
@@ -1527,7 +1530,7 @@
 
     while ((c = getopt(argc,
 		       argv,
-		       "01A:aB:CcDdEeFfGgIiKLlnpqR:rs:TtUuVv:w:x")) != -1) {
+		       "01A:aB:CcDdEeFfGgIiKLlnpQ:qR:rs:TtUuVv:w:x")) != -1) {
 	switch (c) {
 	case '0':
 	    mwidth = 65535;
@@ -1628,6 +1631,10 @@
 	    ignorepads = TRUE;
 	    break;
 
+	case 'Q':
+	    quickdump = optarg_to_number();
+	    break;
+
 	case 'q':
 	    quiet = TRUE;
 	    s_absent = "-";
@@ -1751,7 +1758,7 @@
 
     /* set up for display */
     dump_init(tversion, outform, sortmode, mwidth, mheight, itrace,
-	      formatted, FALSE);
+	      formatted, FALSE, quickdump);
 
     if (!filecompare) {
 	/* grab the entries */
@@ -1852,8 +1859,10 @@
 				   "%s: about to dump %s\n",
 				   _nc_progname,
 				   tname[0]);
-		(void) printf("#\tReconstructed via infocmp from file: %s\n",
-			      tfile[0]);
+		if (!quiet)
+		    (void)
+				  printf("#\tReconstructed via infocmp from file: %s\n",
+				  tfile[0]);
 		dump_entry(&entries[0].tterm,
 			   suppress_untranslatable,
 			   limited,
Index: progs/tic.c
Prereq:  1.213 
--- ncurses-6.0-20150822+/progs/tic.c	2015-08-22 23:49:57.000000000 +0000
+++ ncurses-6.0-20150905/progs/tic.c	2015-09-05 19:22:49.000000000 +0000
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #include 
 #include 
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: tic.c,v 1.213 2015/08/22 23:49:57 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: tic.c,v 1.216 2015/09/05 19:22:49 tom Exp $")
 
 #define STDIN_NAME ""
 
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@
 	DATA("  -L         translate entries to full terminfo source form")
 	DATA("  -N         disable smart defaults for source translation")
 	DATA("  -o    set output directory for compiled entry writes")
+	DATA("  -Q[n]      dump compiled description")
+	DATA("  -q    brief listing, removes headers")
 	DATA("  -R   restrict translation to given terminfo/termcap version")
 	DATA("  -r         force resolution of all use entries in source translation")
 	DATA("  -s         print summary statistics")
@@ -660,6 +662,12 @@
     }
 }
 
+static void
+add_digit(int *target, int source)
+{
+    *target = (*target * 10) + (source - '0');
+}
+
 #define VtoTrace(opt) (unsigned) ((opt > 0) ? opt : (opt == 0))
 
 int
@@ -690,6 +698,8 @@
     char *outdir = (char *) NULL;
     bool check_only = FALSE;
     bool suppress_untranslatable = FALSE;
+    int quickdump = 0;
+    bool quiet = FALSE;
 
     log_fp = stderr;
 
@@ -715,14 +725,17 @@
      * be optional.
      */
     while ((this_opt = getopt(argc, argv,
-			      "0123456789CDIKLNR:TUVace:fGgo:rstvwx")) != -1) {
+			      "0123456789CDIKLNQR:TUVace:fGgo:qrstvwx")) != -1) {
 	if (isdigit(this_opt)) {
 	    switch (last_opt) {
+	    case 'Q':
+		add_digit(&quickdump, this_opt);
+		break;
 	    case 'v':
-		v_opt = (v_opt * 10) + (this_opt - '0');
+		add_digit(&v_opt, this_opt);
 		break;
 	    case 'w':
-		width = (width * 10) + (this_opt - '0');
+		add_digit(&width, this_opt);
 		break;
 	    default:
 		switch (this_opt) {
@@ -773,6 +786,9 @@
 	    smart_defaults = FALSE;
 	    literal = TRUE;
 	    break;
+	case 'Q':
+	    quickdump = 0;
+	    break;
 	case 'R':
 	    tversion = optarg;
 	    break;
@@ -803,6 +819,9 @@
 	case 'o':
 	    outdir = optarg;
 	    break;
+	case 'q':
+	    quiet = TRUE;
+	    break;
 	case 'r':
 	    forceresolve = TRUE;
 	    break;
@@ -914,11 +933,11 @@
 		  ? outform
 		  : F_LITERAL,
 		  sortmode, width, height, debug_level, formatted ||
-		  check_only, check_only);
+		  check_only, check_only, quickdump);
     } else if (capdump) {
 	dump_init(tversion,
 		  outform,
-		  sortmode, width, height, debug_level, FALSE, FALSE);
+		  sortmode, width, height, debug_level, FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
     }
 
     /* parse entries out of the source file */
@@ -989,12 +1008,14 @@
 		    /* this is in case infotocap() generates warnings */
 		    _nc_set_type(_nc_first_name(qp->tterm.term_names));
 
-		    (void) fseek(tmp_fp, qp->cstart, SEEK_SET);
-		    while (j-- > 0) {
-			if (infodump)
-			    (void) putchar(fgetc(tmp_fp));
-			else
-			    put_translate(fgetc(tmp_fp));
+		    if (!quiet) {
+			(void) fseek(tmp_fp, qp->cstart, SEEK_SET);
+			while (j-- > 0) {
+			    if (infodump)
+				(void) putchar(fgetc(tmp_fp));
+			    else
+				put_translate(fgetc(tmp_fp));
+			}
 		    }
 
 		    repair_acsc(&qp->tterm);
@@ -1007,7 +1028,7 @@
 			printf("# length=%d\n", len);
 		}
 	    }
-	    if (!namelst && _nc_tail) {
+	    if (!namelst && _nc_tail && !quiet) {
 		int c, oldc = '\0';
 		bool in_comment = FALSE;
 		bool trailing_comment = FALSE;