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install: add the new ‘terminfo-install-location’ option

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And flesh out the description of the ‘terminfo’ option, and how it
relates to the new ‘terminfo-install-location’.

Also add instructions on how to manually generate the terminfo files.
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@ -128,10 +128,34 @@ mkdir -p bld/release && cd bld/release
Available compile-time options:
| Option | Type | Default | Description | Extra dependencies |
|--------------|---------|---------|---------------------|--------------------|
| `-Dime` | bool | `true` | Enables IME support | None |
| `-Dterminfo` | feature | `auto` | Build terminfo | `tic` (ncurses) |
| Option | Type | Default | Description | Extra dependencies |
|-------------------------------|---------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------|--------------------|
| `-Dime` | bool | `true` | Enables IME support | None |
| `-Dterminfo` | feature | `auto` | Build terminfo files | `tic` (ncurses) |
| `-Dterminfo-install-location` | string | `${datadir}/terminfo` | Where to install the terminfo files | None |
The two `terminfo` options are related, but control different aspects
of how the terminfo files are built, installed and used.
`-Dterminfo` controls if the terminfo files should be generated _at
all_. If disabled, foot’s hardcoded default terminfo is
`xterm-256color` instead of `foot`.
`-Dterminfo-install-location` controls _where_ the terminfo files are
installed, relative to the installation prefix. The default is
`${datadir}/terminfo`.
It also recognizes the special value `disabled`, that prevents the
terminfo files from being _installed_. They are still _built_, and
foot’s hardcoded default terminfo is still `foot`. It is intended to
be used when the terminfo files are packaged in a separate package
(something I **highly** recommend distros do).
To build the terminfo files manually, run
```sh
tic -x -o <output-directory> -e foot,foot-direct foot.info
```
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