_gticsty()
{
        local tstyle;

        tstyle = castint(getconf("tic_style"));

        outer = bitand(tstyle, 0x01) > 0;
        inner = bitand(tstyle, 0x02) > 0;
        corners = bitand(tstyle, 0x04) > 0;

        return(outer, inner, corners);
}