/* gets tic location - inner or outer */
_gticloc(def)
{
        local tstyle = 0;

        if (argc < 1)
        {
                def = 0;
        }

        tstyle = (def) ? castint(getconfdef("tic_style")) : castint(getconf("tic_style"));
        tstyle &= 0x03;

        return(tstyle);
}