etc/e/README

   1 eterm-color.ti is a terminfo source file.  eterm-color is a compiled
   2 version produced by the terminfo compiler (tic).  The compiled files
   3 are binary, and depend on the version of tic, but they seem to be
   4 system-independent and backwardly compatible.  So there should be no
   5 need to recompile (see etc/Makefile) the distributed binary version.
   6
   7 The compiled file is used by lisp/term.el, so if it is moved term.el
   8 needs to be changed.  terminfo requires it to be stored in an `e'
   9 subdirectory (the first character of the file name).