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-<STRONG><A HREF="term.7.html">term(7)</A></STRONG>
Miscellaneous Information Manual <STRONG><A HREF="term.7.html">term(7)</A></STRONG>
+<STRONG><A HREF="term.7.html">term(7)</A></STRONG>
Miscellaneous <STRONG><A HREF="term.7.html">term(7)</A></STRONG>
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></H2><PRE>
- The environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> should normally contain the type name of
+ The environment variable <EM>TERM</EM> should normally contain the type name of
the terminal, console or display-device type you are using. This
information is critical for all screen-oriented programs, including
your editor and mailer.
- A default <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> value will be set on a per-line basis by either
- <STRONG>/etc/inittab</STRONG> (e.g., System-V-like UNIXes) or <STRONG>/etc/ttys</STRONG> (BSD UNIXes).
+ A default <EM>TERM</EM> value will be set on a per-line basis by either
+ <STRONG>/etc/inittab</STRONG> (e.g., System-V-like Unices) or <STRONG>/etc/ttys</STRONG> (BSD Unices).
This will nearly always suffice for workstation and microcomputer
consoles.
If you use a dialup line, the type of device attached to it may vary.
- Older UNIX systems pre-set a very dumb terminal type like "dumb" or
+ Older Unix systems pre-set a very dumb terminal type like "dumb" or
"dialup" on dialup lines. Newer ones may pre-set "vt100", reflecting
the prevalence of DEC VT100-compatible terminals and personal-computer
emulators.
- Modern telnets pass your <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> environment variable from the local side
+ Modern telnets pass your <EM>TERM</EM> environment variable from the local side
to the remote one. There can be problems if the remote terminfo or
termcap entry for your type is not compatible with yours, but this
situation is rare and can almost always be avoided by explicitly
exporting "vt100" (assuming you are in fact using a VT100-superset
- console, terminal, or terminal emulator.)
+ console, terminal, or terminal emulator).
- In any case, you are free to override the system <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> setting to your
+ In any case, you are free to override the system <EM>TERM</EM> setting to your
taste in your shell profile. The <STRONG><A HREF="tset.1.html">tset(1)</A></STRONG> utility may be of assistance;
you can give it a set of rules for deducing or requesting a terminal
type based on the tty device and baud rate.
- Setting your own <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> value may also be useful if you have created a
+ Setting your own <EM>TERM</EM> value may also be useful if you have created a
custom entry incorporating options (such as visual bell or reverse-
video) which you wish to override the system default type for your
line.
underneath /usr/share/terminfo. To browse a list of all terminal names
recognized by the system, do
- toe | more
+ toe | more
from your shell. These capability files are in a binary format
optimized for retrieval speed (unlike the old text-based <STRONG>termcap</STRONG> format
they replace); to examine an entry, you must use the <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG>
command. Invoke it as follows:
- infocmp <EM>entry</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>name</EM>
+ infocmp <EM>entry</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>name</EM>
where <EM>entry</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>name</EM> is the name of the type you wish to examine (and the
name of its capability file the subdirectory of /usr/share/terminfo
The first line of a <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG> description gives the names by which
terminfo knows a terminal, separated by "|" (pipe-bar) characters with
the last name field terminated by a comma. The first name field is the
- type's <EM>primary</EM> <EM>name</EM>, and is the one to use when setting <STRONG>TERM</STRONG>. The last
+ type's <EM>primary</EM> <EM>name</EM>, and is the one to use when setting <EM>TERM</EM>. The last
name field (if distinct from the first) is actually a description of
the terminal type (it may contain blanks; the others must be single
words). Name fields between the first and last (if present) are
Commands which use a terminal type to control display often accept a -T
option that accepts a terminal name argument. Such programs should
- fall back on the <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> environment variable when no -T option is
+ fall back on the <EM>TERM</EM> environment variable when no -T option is
specified.
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-
PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
- For maximum compatibility with older System V UNIXes, names and aliases
- should be unique within the first 14 characters.
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-
FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
+ <EM>/usr/share/terminfo</EM>
+ compiled terminal description database
+ <EM>/etc/inittab</EM>
+ tty line initialization (AT&T-like Unices)
-</PRE><H2><a name="h2-FILES">FILES</a></H2><PRE>
- /usr/share/terminfo/?/*
- compiled terminal capability data base
+ <EM>/etc/ttys</EM>
+ tty line initialization (BSD-like Unices)
- /etc/inittab
- tty line initialization (AT&T-like UNIXes)
- /etc/ttys
- tty line initialization (BSD-like UNIXes)
+</PRE><H2><a name="h2-PORTABILITY">PORTABILITY</a></H2><PRE>
+ For maximum compatibility with older System V Unices, names and aliases
+ should be unique within the first 14 characters.
</PRE><H2><a name="h2-SEE-ALSO">SEE ALSO</a></H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>.
+ <STRONG><A HREF="ncurses.3x.html">curses(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="term.5.html">term(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">terminfo(5)</A></STRONG>
-
<STRONG><A HREF="term.7.html">term(7)</A></STRONG>
+
ncurses 6.4 2024-03-16 <STRONG><A HREF="term.7.html">term(7)</A></STRONG>
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