The environment variable TERM should normally contain the
type name of the terminal, console or display-device type
you are using. This information is critical for all
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
mailer.
A default TERM value will be set on a per-line basis by
- either /etc/inittab (Linux and System-V-like UNIXes) or
+ either /etc/inittab (e.g., System-V-like UNIXes) or
/etc/ttys (BSD UNIXes). This will nearly always suffice
for workstation and microcomputer consoles.
@@ -85,9 +86,9 @@
the tty device and baud rate.
Setting your own TERM 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.
+ created a custom entry incorporating options (such as vis-
+ ual bell or reverse-video) which you wish to override the
+ system default type for your line.
Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capabil-
ity data underneath /usr/share/terminfo. To browse a list
@@ -98,12 +99,12 @@
from your shell. These capability files are in a binary
format optimized for retrieval speed (unlike the old text-
based termcap format they replace); to examine an entry,
- you must use the infocmp(1) command. Invoke it as fol-
+ you must use the infocmp(1m) command. Invoke it as fol-
lows:
- infocmp entry-name
+ infocmp entry_name
- where entry-name is the name of the type you wish to exam-
+ where entry_name is the name of the type you wish to exam-
ine (and the name of its capability file the subdirectory
of /usr/share/terminfo named for its first letter). This
command dumps a capability file in the text format
@@ -152,16 +153,16 @@
thus vt100, hp2621, wy50.
The root name for a PC-Unix console type should be the OS
- name, i.e. linux, bsdos, freebsd, netbsd. It should not
+ name, i.e., linux, bsdos, freebsd, netbsd. It should not
be console or any other generic that might cause confusion
in a multi-platform environment! If a model number fol-
lows, it should indicate either the OS release level or
the console driver release level.
- The root name for a terminal emulator (assuming it doesn't
- fit one of the standard ANSI or vt100 types) should be the
- program name or a readily recognizable abbreviation of it
- (i.e. versaterm, ctrm).
+ The root name for a terminal emulator (assuming it does
+ not fit one of the standard ANSI or vt100 types) should be
+ the program name or a readily recognizable abbreviation of
+ it (i.e., versaterm, ctrm).
Following the root name, you may add any reasonable number
of hyphen-separated feature suffixes.
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