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+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 1998-2006,2008 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            *
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including      *
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,      *
+ * distribute, distribute with modifications, sublicense, and/or sell       *
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is    *
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:                 *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included  *
+ * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS  *
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF               *
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.   *
+ * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ABOVE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,   *
+ * DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR    *
+ * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR    *
+ * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.                               *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Except as contained in this notice, the name(s) of the above copyright   *
+ * holders shall not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the     *
+ * sale, use or other dealings in this Software without prior written       *
+ * authorization.                                                           *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/****************************************************************************
+ *  Author: Zeyd M. Ben-Halim <zmbenhal@netcom.com> 1992,1995               *
+ *     and: Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>                         *
+ *     and: Thomas E. Dickey                        1996 on                 *
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ *	comp_scan.c --- Lexical scanner for terminfo compiler.
+ *
+ *	_nc_reset_input()
+ *	_nc_get_token()
+ *	_nc_panic_mode()
+ *	int _nc_syntax;
+ *	int _nc_curr_line;
+ *	long _nc_curr_file_pos;
+ *	long _nc_comment_start;
+ *	long _nc_comment_end;
+ */
+
+#include <curses.priv.h>
+
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <term_entry.h>
+#include <tic.h>
+
+MODULE_ID("$Id: comp_scan.c,v 1.83 2008/08/16 19:22:55 tom Exp $")
+
+/*
+ * Maximum length of string capability we'll accept before raising an error.
+ * Yes, there is a real capability in /etc/termcap this long, an "is".
+ */
+#define MAXCAPLEN	600
+
+#define iswhite(ch)	(ch == ' '  ||  ch == '\t')
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(int)
+_nc_syntax = 0;			/* termcap or terminfo? */
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(long)
+_nc_curr_file_pos = 0;		/* file offset of current line */
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(long)
+_nc_comment_start = 0;		/* start of comment range before name */
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(long)
+_nc_comment_end = 0;		/* end of comment range before name */
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(long)
+_nc_start_line = 0;		/* start line of current entry */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(struct token)
+_nc_curr_token =
+{
+    0, 0, 0
+};
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Token-grabbing machinery
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+static bool first_column;	/* See 'next_char()' below */
+static bool had_newline;
+static char separator;		/* capability separator */
+static int pushtype;		/* type of pushback token */
+static char *pushname;
+
+#if NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS
+NCURSES_EXPORT_VAR(bool)
+_nc_disable_period = FALSE;	/* used by tic -a option */
+#endif
+
+/*****************************************************************************
+ *
+ * Character-stream handling
+ *
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#define LEXBUFSIZ	1024
+
+static char *bufptr;		/* otherwise, the input buffer pointer */
+static char *bufstart;		/* start of buffer so we can compute offsets */
+static FILE *yyin;		/* scanner's input file descriptor */
+
+/*
+ *	_nc_reset_input()
+ *
+ *	Resets the input-reading routines.  Used on initialization,
+ *	or after a seek has been done.  Exactly one argument must be
+ *	non-null.
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+_nc_reset_input(FILE *fp, char *buf)
+{
+    pushtype = NO_PUSHBACK;
+    if (pushname != 0)
+	pushname[0] = '\0';
+    yyin = fp;
+    bufstart = bufptr = buf;
+    _nc_curr_file_pos = 0L;
+    if (fp != 0)
+	_nc_curr_line = 0;
+    _nc_curr_col = 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	int last_char()
+ *
+ *	Returns the final nonblank character on the current input buffer
+ */
+static int
+last_char(void)
+{
+    size_t len = strlen(bufptr);
+    while (len--) {
+	if (!isspace(UChar(bufptr[len])))
+	    return bufptr[len];
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ *	int next_char()
+ *
+ *	Returns the next character in the input stream.  Comments and leading
+ *	white space are stripped.
+ *
+ *	The global state variable 'firstcolumn' is set TRUE if the character
+ *	returned is from the first column of the input line.
+ *
+ *	The global variable _nc_curr_line is incremented for each new line.
+ *	The global variable _nc_curr_file_pos is set to the file offset of the
+ *	beginning of each line.
+ */
+
+static int
+next_char(void)
+{
+    static char *result;
+    static size_t allocated;
+    int the_char;
+
+    if (!yyin) {
+	if (result != 0) {
+	    FreeAndNull(result);
+	    FreeAndNull(pushname);
+	    allocated = 0;
+	}
+	/*
+	 * An string with an embedded null will truncate the input.  This is
+	 * intentional (we don't read binary files here).
+	 */
+	if (bufptr == 0 || *bufptr == '\0')
+	    return (EOF);
+	if (*bufptr == '\n') {
+	    _nc_curr_line++;
+	    _nc_curr_col = 0;
+	} else if (*bufptr == '\t') {
+	    _nc_curr_col = (_nc_curr_col | 7);
+	}
+    } else if (!bufptr || !*bufptr) {
+	/*
+	 * In theory this could be recoded to do its I/O one character at a
+	 * time, saving the buffer space.  In practice, this turns out to be
+	 * quite hard to get completely right.  Try it and see.  If you
+	 * succeed, don't forget to hack push_back() correspondingly.
+	 */
+	size_t used;
+	size_t len;
+
+	do {
+	    bufstart = 0;
+	    used = 0;
+	    do {
+		if (used + (LEXBUFSIZ / 4) >= allocated) {
+		    allocated += (allocated + LEXBUFSIZ);
+		    result = typeRealloc(char, allocated, result);
+		    if (result == 0)
+			return (EOF);
+		    bufstart = result;
+		}
+		if (used == 0)
+		    _nc_curr_file_pos = ftell(yyin);
+
+		if (fgets(result + used, (int) (allocated - used), yyin) != 0) {
+		    bufstart = result;
+		    if (used == 0) {
+			_nc_curr_line++;
+			_nc_curr_col = 0;
+		    }
+		} else {
+		    if (used != 0)
+			strcat(result, "\n");
+		}
+		if ((bufptr = bufstart) != 0) {
+		    used = strlen(bufptr);
+		    while (iswhite(*bufptr)) {
+			if (*bufptr == '\t') {
+			    _nc_curr_col = (_nc_curr_col | 7) + 1;
+			} else {
+			    _nc_curr_col++;
+			}
+			bufptr++;
+		    }
+
+		    /*
+		     * Treat a trailing <cr><lf> the same as a <newline> so we
+		     * can read files on OS/2, etc.
+		     */
+		    if ((len = strlen(bufptr)) > 1) {
+			if (bufptr[len - 1] == '\n'
+			    && bufptr[len - 2] == '\r') {
+			    len--;
+			    bufptr[len - 1] = '\n';
+			    bufptr[len] = '\0';
+			}
+		    }
+		} else {
+		    return (EOF);
+		}
+	    } while (bufptr[len - 1] != '\n');	/* complete a line */
+	} while (result[0] == '#');	/* ignore comments */
+    } else if (*bufptr == '\t') {
+	_nc_curr_col = (_nc_curr_col | 7);
+    }
+
+    first_column = (bufptr == bufstart);
+    if (first_column)
+	had_newline = FALSE;
+
+    _nc_curr_col++;
+    the_char = *bufptr++;
+    return UChar(the_char);
+}
+
+static void
+push_back(char c)
+/* push a character back onto the input stream */
+{
+    if (bufptr == bufstart)
+	_nc_syserr_abort("Can't backspace off beginning of line");
+    *--bufptr = c;
+    _nc_curr_col--;
+}
+
+static long
+stream_pos(void)
+/* return our current character position in the input stream */
+{
+    return (yyin ? ftell(yyin) : (bufptr ? bufptr - bufstart : 0));
+}
+
+static bool
+end_of_stream(void)
+/* are we at end of input? */
+{
+    return ((yyin ? feof(yyin) : (bufptr && *bufptr == '\0'))
+	    ? TRUE : FALSE);
+}
+
+/* Assume we may be looking at a termcap-style continuation */
+static NCURSES_INLINE int
+eat_escaped_newline(int ch)
+{
+    if (ch == '\\')
+	while ((ch = next_char()) == '\n' || iswhite(ch))
+	    continue;
+    return ch;
+}
+
+#define TOK_BUF_SIZE MAX_ENTRY_SIZE
+
+#define OkToAdd() \
+	((tok_ptr - tok_buf) < (TOK_BUF_SIZE - 2))
+
+#define AddCh(ch) \
+	*tok_ptr++ = (char) ch; \
+	*tok_ptr = '\0'
+
+/*
+ *	int
+ *	get_token()
+ *
+ *	Scans the input for the next token, storing the specifics in the
+ *	global structure 'curr_token' and returning one of the following:
+ *
+ *		NAMES		A line beginning in column 1.  'name'
+ *				will be set to point to everything up to but
+ *				not including the first separator on the line.
+ *		BOOLEAN		An entry consisting of a name followed by
+ *				a separator.  'name' will be set to point to
+ *				the name of the capability.
+ *		NUMBER		An entry of the form
+ *					name#digits,
+ *				'name' will be set to point to the capability
+ *				name and 'valnumber' to the number given.
+ *		STRING		An entry of the form
+ *					name=characters,
+ *				'name' is set to the capability name and
+ *				'valstring' to the string of characters, with
+ *				input translations done.
+ *		CANCEL		An entry of the form
+ *					name@,
+ *				'name' is set to the capability name and
+ *				'valnumber' to -1.
+ *		EOF		The end of the file has been reached.
+ *
+ *	A `separator' is either a comma or a semicolon, depending on whether
+ *	we are in termcap or terminfo mode.
+ *
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_get_token(bool silent)
+{
+    static const char terminfo_punct[] = "@%&*!#";
+    static char *tok_buf;
+
+    char *after_list;
+    char *after_name;
+    char *numchk;
+    char *tok_ptr;
+    char *s;
+    char numbuf[80];
+    int ch;
+    int dot_flag = FALSE;
+    int type;
+    long number;
+    long token_start;
+    unsigned found;
+#ifdef TRACE
+    int old_line;
+    int old_col;
+#endif
+
+    if (pushtype != NO_PUSHBACK) {
+	int retval = pushtype;
+
+	_nc_set_type(pushname != 0 ? pushname : "");
+	DEBUG(3, ("pushed-back token: `%s', class %d",
+		  _nc_curr_token.tk_name, pushtype));
+
+	pushtype = NO_PUSHBACK;
+	if (pushname != 0)
+	    pushname[0] = '\0';
+
+	/* currtok wasn't altered by _nc_push_token() */
+	return (retval);
+    }
+
+    if (end_of_stream()) {
+	yyin = 0;
+	next_char();		/* frees its allocated memory */
+	if (tok_buf != 0) {
+	    if (_nc_curr_token.tk_name == tok_buf)
+		_nc_curr_token.tk_name = 0;
+	    FreeAndNull(tok_buf);
+	}
+	return (EOF);
+    }
+
+  start_token:
+    token_start = stream_pos();
+    while ((ch = next_char()) == '\n' || iswhite(ch)) {
+	if (ch == '\n')
+	    had_newline = TRUE;
+	continue;
+    }
+
+    ch = eat_escaped_newline(ch);
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+    old_line = _nc_curr_line;
+    old_col = _nc_curr_col;
+#endif
+    if (ch == EOF)
+	type = EOF;
+    else {
+	/* if this is a termcap entry, skip a leading separator */
+	if (separator == ':' && ch == ':')
+	    ch = next_char();
+
+	if (ch == '.'
+#if NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS
+	    && !_nc_disable_period
+#endif
+	    ) {
+	    dot_flag = TRUE;
+	    DEBUG(8, ("dot-flag set"));
+
+	    while ((ch = next_char()) == '.' || iswhite(ch))
+		continue;
+	}
+
+	if (ch == EOF) {
+	    type = EOF;
+	    goto end_of_token;
+	}
+
+	/* have to make some punctuation chars legal for terminfo */
+	if (!isalnum(UChar(ch))
+#if NCURSES_EXT_FUNCS
+	    && !(ch == '.' && _nc_disable_period)
+#endif
+	    && !strchr(terminfo_punct, (char) ch)) {
+	    if (!silent)
+		_nc_warning("Illegal character (expected alphanumeric or %s) - '%s'",
+			    terminfo_punct, unctrl((chtype) ch));
+	    _nc_panic_mode(separator);
+	    goto start_token;
+	}
+
+	if (tok_buf == 0)
+	    tok_buf = typeMalloc(char, TOK_BUF_SIZE);
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+	old_line = _nc_curr_line;
+	old_col = _nc_curr_col;
+#endif
+	tok_ptr = tok_buf;
+	AddCh(ch);
+
+	if (first_column) {
+	    _nc_comment_start = token_start;
+	    _nc_comment_end = _nc_curr_file_pos;
+	    _nc_start_line = _nc_curr_line;
+
+	    _nc_syntax = ERR;
+	    after_name = 0;
+	    after_list = 0;
+	    while ((ch = next_char()) != '\n') {
+		if (ch == EOF) {
+		    _nc_err_abort(MSG_NO_INPUTS);
+		} else if (ch == '|') {
+		    after_list = tok_ptr;
+		    if (after_name == 0)
+			after_name = tok_ptr;
+		} else if (ch == ':' && last_char() != ',') {
+		    _nc_syntax = SYN_TERMCAP;
+		    separator = ':';
+		    break;
+		} else if (ch == ',') {
+		    _nc_syntax = SYN_TERMINFO;
+		    separator = ',';
+		    /*
+		     * If we did not see a '|', then we found a name with no
+		     * aliases or description.
+		     */
+		    if (after_name == 0)
+			break;
+		    /*
+		     * If we see a comma, we assume this is terminfo unless we
+		     * subsequently run into a colon.  But we don't stop
+		     * looking for a colon until hitting a newline.  This
+		     * allows commas to be embedded in description fields of
+		     * either syntax.
+		     */
+		} else
+		    ch = eat_escaped_newline(ch);
+
+		if (OkToAdd()) {
+		    AddCh(ch);
+		} else {
+		    ch = EOF;
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+	    *tok_ptr = '\0';
+	    if (_nc_syntax == ERR) {
+		/*
+		 * Grrr...what we ought to do here is barf, complaining that
+		 * the entry is malformed.  But because a couple of name fields
+		 * in the 8.2 termcap file end with |\, we just have to assume
+		 * it's termcap syntax.
+		 */
+		_nc_syntax = SYN_TERMCAP;
+		separator = ':';
+	    } else if (_nc_syntax == SYN_TERMINFO) {
+		/* throw away trailing /, *$/ */
+		for (--tok_ptr;
+		     iswhite(*tok_ptr) || *tok_ptr == ',';
+		     tok_ptr--)
+		    continue;
+		tok_ptr[1] = '\0';
+	    }
+
+	    /*
+	     * This is the soonest we have the terminal name fetched.  Set up
+	     * for following warning messages.  If there's no '|', then there
+	     * is no description.
+	     */
+	    if (after_name != 0) {
+		ch = *after_name;
+		*after_name = '\0';
+		_nc_set_type(tok_buf);
+		*after_name = (char) ch;
+	    }
+
+	    /*
+	     * Compute the boundary between the aliases and the description
+	     * field for syntax-checking purposes.
+	     */
+	    if (after_list != 0) {
+		if (!silent) {
+		    if (*after_list == '\0')
+			_nc_warning("empty longname field");
+		    else if (strchr(after_list, ' ') == 0)
+			_nc_warning("older tic versions may treat the description field as an alias");
+		}
+	    } else {
+		after_list = tok_buf + strlen(tok_buf);
+		DEBUG(1, ("missing description"));
+	    }
+
+	    /*
+	     * Whitespace in a name field other than the long name can confuse
+	     * rdist and some termcap tools.  Slashes are a no-no.  Other
+	     * special characters can be dangerous due to shell expansion.
+	     */
+	    for (s = tok_buf; s < after_list; ++s) {
+		if (isspace(UChar(*s))) {
+		    if (!silent)
+			_nc_warning("whitespace in name or alias field");
+		    break;
+		} else if (*s == '/') {
+		    if (!silent)
+			_nc_warning("slashes aren't allowed in names or aliases");
+		    break;
+		} else if (strchr("$[]!*?", *s)) {
+		    if (!silent)
+			_nc_warning("dubious character `%c' in name or alias field", *s);
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+
+	    _nc_curr_token.tk_name = tok_buf;
+	    type = NAMES;
+	} else {
+	    if (had_newline && _nc_syntax == SYN_TERMCAP) {
+		_nc_warning("Missing backslash before newline");
+		had_newline = FALSE;
+	    }
+	    while ((ch = next_char()) != EOF) {
+		if (!isalnum(UChar(ch))) {
+		    if (_nc_syntax == SYN_TERMINFO) {
+			if (ch != '_')
+			    break;
+		    } else {	/* allow ';' for "k;" */
+			if (ch != ';')
+			    break;
+		    }
+		}
+		if (OkToAdd()) {
+		    AddCh(ch);
+		} else {
+		    ch = EOF;
+		    break;
+		}
+	    }
+
+	    *tok_ptr++ = '\0';	/* separate name/value in buffer */
+	    switch (ch) {
+	    case ',':
+	    case ':':
+		if (ch != separator)
+		    _nc_err_abort("Separator inconsistent with syntax");
+		_nc_curr_token.tk_name = tok_buf;
+		type = BOOLEAN;
+		break;
+	    case '@':
+		if ((ch = next_char()) != separator && !silent)
+		    _nc_warning("Missing separator after `%s', have %s",
+				tok_buf, unctrl((chtype) ch));
+		_nc_curr_token.tk_name = tok_buf;
+		type = CANCEL;
+		break;
+
+	    case '#':
+		found = 0;
+		while (isalnum(ch = next_char())) {
+		    numbuf[found++] = (char) ch;
+		    if (found >= sizeof(numbuf) - 1)
+			break;
+		}
+		numbuf[found] = '\0';
+		number = strtol(numbuf, &numchk, 0);
+		if (!silent) {
+		    if (numchk == numbuf)
+			_nc_warning("no value given for `%s'", tok_buf);
+		    if ((*numchk != '\0') || (ch != separator))
+			_nc_warning("Missing separator");
+		}
+		_nc_curr_token.tk_name = tok_buf;
+		_nc_curr_token.tk_valnumber = number;
+		type = NUMBER;
+		break;
+
+	    case '=':
+		ch = _nc_trans_string(tok_ptr, tok_buf + TOK_BUF_SIZE);
+		if (!silent && ch != separator)
+		    _nc_warning("Missing separator");
+		_nc_curr_token.tk_name = tok_buf;
+		_nc_curr_token.tk_valstring = tok_ptr;
+		type = STRING;
+		break;
+
+	    case EOF:
+		type = EOF;
+		break;
+	    default:
+		/* just to get rid of the compiler warning */
+		type = UNDEF;
+		if (!silent)
+		    _nc_warning("Illegal character - '%s'", unctrl((chtype) ch));
+	    }
+	}			/* end else (first_column == FALSE) */
+    }				/* end else (ch != EOF) */
+
+  end_of_token:
+
+#ifdef TRACE
+    if (dot_flag == TRUE)
+	DEBUG(8, ("Commented out "));
+
+    if (_nc_tracing >= DEBUG_LEVEL(8)) {
+	_tracef("parsed %d.%d to %d.%d",
+		old_line, old_col,
+		_nc_curr_line, _nc_curr_col);
+    }
+    if (_nc_tracing >= DEBUG_LEVEL(7)) {
+	switch (type) {
+	case BOOLEAN:
+	    _tracef("Token: Boolean; name='%s'",
+		    _nc_curr_token.tk_name);
+	    break;
+
+	case NUMBER:
+	    _tracef("Token: Number;  name='%s', value=%d",
+		    _nc_curr_token.tk_name,
+		    _nc_curr_token.tk_valnumber);
+	    break;
+
+	case STRING:
+	    _tracef("Token: String;  name='%s', value=%s",
+		    _nc_curr_token.tk_name,
+		    _nc_visbuf(_nc_curr_token.tk_valstring));
+	    break;
+
+	case CANCEL:
+	    _tracef("Token: Cancel; name='%s'",
+		    _nc_curr_token.tk_name);
+	    break;
+
+	case NAMES:
+
+	    _tracef("Token: Names; value='%s'",
+		    _nc_curr_token.tk_name);
+	    break;
+
+	case EOF:
+	    _tracef("Token: End of file");
+	    break;
+
+	default:
+	    _nc_warning("Bad token type");
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
+    if (dot_flag == TRUE)	/* if commented out, use the next one */
+	type = _nc_get_token(silent);
+
+    DEBUG(3, ("token: `%s', class %d",
+	      ((_nc_curr_token.tk_name != 0)
+	       ? _nc_curr_token.tk_name
+	       : "<null>"),
+	      type));
+
+    return (type);
+}
+
+/*
+ *	char
+ *	trans_string(ptr)
+ *
+ *	Reads characters using next_char() until encountering a separator, nl,
+ *	or end-of-file.  The returned value is the character which caused
+ *	reading to stop.  The following translations are done on the input:
+ *
+ *		^X  goes to  ctrl-X (i.e. X & 037)
+ *		{\E,\n,\r,\b,\t,\f}  go to
+ *			{ESCAPE,newline,carriage-return,backspace,tab,formfeed}
+ *		{\^,\\}  go to  {carat,backslash}
+ *		\ddd (for ddd = up to three octal digits)  goes to the character ddd
+ *
+ *		\e == \E
+ *		\0 == \200
+ *
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(int)
+_nc_trans_string(char *ptr, char *last)
+{
+    int count = 0;
+    int number = 0;
+    int i, c;
+    chtype ch, last_ch = '\0';
+    bool ignored = FALSE;
+    bool long_warning = FALSE;
+
+    while ((ch = c = next_char()) != (chtype) separator && c != EOF) {
+	if (ptr >= (last - 1)) {
+	    if (c != EOF) {
+		while ((c = next_char()) != separator && c != EOF) {
+		    ;
+		}
+		ch = c;
+	    }
+	    break;
+	}
+	if ((_nc_syntax == SYN_TERMCAP) && c == '\n')
+	    break;
+	if (ch == '^' && last_ch != '%') {
+	    ch = c = next_char();
+	    if (c == EOF)
+		_nc_err_abort(MSG_NO_INPUTS);
+
+	    if (!(is7bits(ch) && isprint(ch))) {
+		_nc_warning("Illegal ^ character - '%s'", unctrl(ch));
+	    }
+	    if (ch == '?') {
+		*(ptr++) = '\177';
+		if (_nc_tracing)
+		    _nc_warning("Allow ^? as synonym for \\177");
+	    } else {
+		if ((ch &= 037) == 0)
+		    ch = 128;
+		*(ptr++) = (char) (ch);
+	    }
+	} else if (ch == '\\') {
+	    ch = c = next_char();
+	    if (c == EOF)
+		_nc_err_abort(MSG_NO_INPUTS);
+
+	    if (ch >= '0' && ch <= '7') {
+		number = ch - '0';
+		for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+		    ch = c = next_char();
+		    if (c == EOF)
+			_nc_err_abort(MSG_NO_INPUTS);
+
+		    if (c < '0' || c > '7') {
+			if (isdigit(c)) {
+			    _nc_warning("Non-octal digit `%c' in \\ sequence", c);
+			    /* allow the digit; it'll do less harm */
+			} else {
+			    push_back((char) c);
+			    break;
+			}
+		    }
+
+		    number = number * 8 + c - '0';
+		}
+
+		if (number == 0)
+		    number = 0200;
+		*(ptr++) = (char) number;
+	    } else {
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'E':
+		case 'e':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\033';
+		    break;
+
+		case 'a':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\007';
+		    break;
+
+		case 'l':
+		case 'n':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\n';
+		    break;
+
+		case 'r':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\r';
+		    break;
+
+		case 'b':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\010';
+		    break;
+
+		case 's':
+		    *(ptr++) = ' ';
+		    break;
+
+		case 'f':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\014';
+		    break;
+
+		case 't':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\t';
+		    break;
+
+		case '\\':
+		    *(ptr++) = '\\';
+		    break;
+
+		case '^':
+		    *(ptr++) = '^';
+		    break;
+
+		case ',':
+		    *(ptr++) = ',';
+		    break;
+
+		case ':':
+		    *(ptr++) = ':';
+		    break;
+
+		case '\n':
+		    continue;
+
+		default:
+		    _nc_warning("Illegal character '%s' in \\ sequence",
+				unctrl(ch));
+		    /* FALLTHRU */
+		case '|':
+		    *(ptr++) = (char) ch;
+		}		/* endswitch (ch) */
+	    }			/* endelse (ch < '0' ||  ch > '7') */
+	}
+	/* end else if (ch == '\\') */
+	else if (ch == '\n' && (_nc_syntax == SYN_TERMINFO)) {
+	    /*
+	     * Newlines embedded in a terminfo string are ignored, provided
+	     * that the next line begins with whitespace.
+	     */
+	    ignored = TRUE;
+	} else {
+	    *(ptr++) = (char) ch;
+	}
+
+	if (!ignored) {
+	    if (_nc_curr_col <= 1) {
+		push_back((char) ch);
+		ch = '\n';
+		break;
+	    }
+	    last_ch = ch;
+	    count++;
+	}
+	ignored = FALSE;
+
+	if (count > MAXCAPLEN && !long_warning) {
+	    _nc_warning("Very long string found.  Missing separator?");
+	    long_warning = TRUE;
+	}
+    }				/* end while */
+
+    *ptr = '\0';
+
+    return (ch);
+}
+
+/*
+ *	_nc_push_token()
+ *
+ *	Push a token of given type so that it will be reread by the next
+ *	get_token() call.
+ */
+
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+_nc_push_token(int tokclass)
+{
+    /*
+     * This implementation is kind of bogus, it will fail if we ever do more
+     * than one pushback at a time between get_token() calls.  It relies on the
+     * fact that _nc_curr_token is static storage that nothing but
+     * _nc_get_token() touches.
+     */
+    pushtype = tokclass;
+    if (pushname == 0)
+	pushname = typeMalloc(char, MAX_NAME_SIZE + 1);
+    _nc_get_type(pushname);
+
+    DEBUG(3, ("pushing token: `%s', class %d",
+	      ((_nc_curr_token.tk_name != 0)
+	       ? _nc_curr_token.tk_name
+	       : "<null>"),
+	      pushtype));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Panic mode error recovery - skip everything until a "ch" is found.
+ */
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+_nc_panic_mode(char ch)
+{
+    int c;
+
+    for (;;) {
+	c = next_char();
+	if (c == ch)
+	    return;
+	if (c == EOF)
+	    return;
+    }
+}
+
+#if NO_LEAKS
+NCURSES_EXPORT(void)
+_nc_comp_scan_leaks(void)
+{
+    if (pushname != 0) {
+	FreeAndNull(pushname);
+    }
+}
+#endif