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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
-tset(1) tset(1)
+tset(1) tset(1)
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@
SYNOPSIS
- tset [-IQVqrs] [-] [-e ch] [-i ch] [-k ch] [-m mapping]
+ tset [-IQVcqrsw] [-] [-e ch] [-i ch] [-k ch] [-m mapping]
[terminal]
- reset [-IQVqrs] [-] [-e ch] [-i ch] [-k ch] [-m mapping]
+ reset [-IQVcqrsw] [-] [-e ch] [-i ch] [-k ch] [-m mapping]
[terminal]
@@ -70,30 +70,34 @@
3. (BSD systems only.) The terminal type associated with
the standard error output device in the /etc/ttys file.
- (On Linux and System-V-like UNIXes, getty does this job by
- setting TERM according to the type passed to it by
- /etc/inittab.)
+ (On System-V-like UNIXes and systems using that conven-
+ tion, getty does this job by setting TERM according to the
+ type passed to it by /etc/inittab.)
4. The default terminal type, ``unknown''.
If the terminal type was not specified on the command-
- line, the -m option mappings are then applied (see below
- for more information). Then, if the terminal type begins
- with a question mark (``?''), the user is prompted for
- confirmation of the terminal type. An empty response con-
- firms the type, or, another type can be entered to specify
- a new type. Once the terminal type has been determined,
- the terminfo entry for the terminal is retrieved. If no
- terminfo entry is found for the type, the user is prompted
- for another terminal type.
-
- Once the terminfo entry is retrieved, the window size,
- backspace, interrupt and line kill characters (among many
+ line, the -m option mappings are then applied (see the
+ section TERMINAL TYPE MAPPING for more information).
+ Then, if the terminal type begins with a question mark
+ (``?''), the user is prompted for confirmation of the ter-
+ minal type. An empty response confirms the type, or,
+ another type can be entered to specify a new type. Once
+ the terminal type has been determined, the terminfo entry
+ for the terminal is retrieved. If no terminfo entry is
+ found for the type, the user is prompted for another ter-
+ minal type.
+
+ Once the terminfo entry is retrieved, the window size,
+ backspace, interrupt and line kill characters (among many
other things) are set and the terminal and tab initializa-
- tion strings are sent to the standard error output.
- Finally, if the erase, interrupt and line kill characters
- have changed, or are not set to their default values,
- their values are displayed to the standard error output.
+ tion strings are sent to the standard error output.
+ Finally, if the erase, interrupt and line kill characters
+ have changed, or are not set to their default values,
+ their values are displayed to the standard error output.
+ Use the -c or -w option to select only the window sizing
+ versus the other initialization. If neither option is
+ given, both are assumed.
When invoked as reset, tset sets cooked and echo modes,
turns off cbreak and raw modes, turns on newline transla-
@@ -112,85 +116,93 @@
The options are as follows:
- -q The terminal type is displayed to the standard out-
- put, and the terminal is not initialized in any way.
- The option `-' by itself is equivalent but archaic.
+ -c Set control characters and modes.
-e Set the erase character to ch.
-I Do not send the terminal or tab initialization
strings to the terminal.
- -Q Don't display any values for the erase, interrupt and
- line kill characters.
-
- -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
- program, and exits.
-
-i Set the interrupt character to ch.
-k Set the line kill character to ch.
-m Specify a mapping from a port type to a terminal.
- See below for more information.
+ See the section TERMINAL TYPE MAPPING for more infor-
+ mation.
+
+ -Q Do not display any values for the erase, interrupt
+ and line kill characters. Normally tset displays the
+ values for control characters which differ from the
+ system's default values.
+
+ -q The terminal type is displayed to the standard out-
+ put, and the terminal is not initialized in any way.
+ The option `-' by itself is equivalent but archaic.
-r Print the terminal type to the standard error output.
- -s Print the sequence of shell commands to initialize
+ -s Print the sequence of shell commands to initialize
the environment variable TERM to the standard output.
- See the section below on setting the environment for
- details.
+ See the section SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT for details.
+
+ -V reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
+ program, and exits.
+
+ -w Resize the window to match the size deduced via
+ setupterm. Normally this has no effect, unless
+ setupterm is not able to detect the window size.
The arguments for the -e, -i, and -k options may either be
- entered as actual characters or by using the `hat' nota-
- tion, i.e. control-h may be specified as ``^H'' or ``^h''.
+ entered as actual characters or by using the `hat' nota-
+ tion, i.e., control-h may be specified as ``^H'' or
+ ``^h''.
SETTING THE ENVIRONMENT
- It is often desirable to enter the terminal type and
- information about the terminal's capabilities into the
+ It is often desirable to enter the terminal type and
+ information about the terminal's capabilities into the
shell's environment. This is done using the -s option.
When the -s option is specified, the commands to enter the
- information into the shell's environment are written to
- the standard output. If the SHELL environmental variable
+ information into the shell's environment are written to
+ the standard output. If the SHELL environmental variable
ends in ``csh'', the commands are for csh, otherwise, they
- are for sh. Note, the csh commands set and unset the
- shell variable noglob, leaving it unset. The following
- line in the .login or .profile files will initialize the
+ are for sh. Note, the csh commands set and unset the
+ shell variable noglob, leaving it unset. The following
+ line in the .login or .profile files will initialize the
environment correctly:
eval `tset -s options ... `
-
TERMINAL TYPE MAPPING
When the terminal is not hardwired into the system (or the
current system information is incorrect) the terminal type
- derived from the /etc/ttys file or the TERM environmental
- variable is often something generic like network, dialup,
- or unknown. When tset is used in a startup script it is
- often desirable to provide information about the type of
+ derived from the /etc/ttys file or the TERM environmental
+ variable is often something generic like network, dialup,
+ or unknown. When tset is used in a startup script it is
+ often desirable to provide information about the type of
terminal used on such ports.
- The purpose of the -m option is to map from some set of
- conditions to a terminal type, that is, to tell tset ``If
- I'm on this port at a particular speed, guess that I'm on
+ The purpose of the -m option is to map from some set of
+ conditions to a terminal type, that is, to tell tset ``If
+ I'm on this port at a particular speed, guess that I'm on
that kind of terminal''.
The argument to the -m option consists of an optional port
- type, an optional operator, an optional baud rate
- specification, an optional colon (``:'') character and a
- terminal type. The port type is a string (delimited by
- either the operator or the colon character). The operator
- may be any combination of ``>'', ``<'', ``@'', and ``!'';
- ``>'' means greater than, ``<'' means less than, ``@''
- means equal to and ``!'' inverts the sense of the test.
- The baud rate is specified as a number and is compared
- with the speed of the standard error output (which should
- be the control terminal). The terminal type is a string.
+ type, an optional operator, an optional baud rate specifi-
+ cation, an optional colon (``:'') character and a terminal
+ type. The port type is a string (delimited by either the
+ operator or the colon character). The operator may be any
+ combination of ``>'', ``<'', ``@'', and ``!''; ``>'' means
+ greater than, ``<'' means less than, ``@'' means equal to
+ and ``!'' inverts the sense of the test. The baud rate is
+ specified as a number and is compared with the speed of
+ the standard error output (which should be the control
+ terminal). The terminal type is a string.
If the terminal type is not specified on the command line,
the -m mappings are applied to the terminal type. If the
@@ -256,21 +268,20 @@
The -A, -E, -h, -u and -v options were deleted from the
tset utility in 4.4BSD. None of them were documented in
- 4.3BSD and all are of limited utility at best. The -a, -,
- and -
- options are similarly not documented or useful, but were
- retained as they appear to be in widespread use. It is
- strongly recommended that any usage of these three options
- be changed to use the -m option instead. The -n option
- remains, but has no effect. The -adnp options are there-
- fore omitted from the usage summary above.
-
- It is still permissible to specify the -e, -i, and -k
- options without arguments, although it is strongly recom-
- mended that such usage be fixed to explicitly specify the
+ 4.3BSD and all are of limited utility at best. The -a,
+ -d, and -p options are similarly not documented or useful,
+ but were retained as they appear to be in widespread use.
+ It is strongly recommended that any usage of these three
+ options be changed to use the -m option instead. The -n
+ option remains, but has no effect. The -adnp options are
+ therefore omitted from the usage summary above.
+
+ It is still permissible to specify the -e, -i, and -k
+ options without arguments, although it is strongly recom-
+ mended that such usage be fixed to explicitly specify the
character.
- As of 4.4BSD, executing tset as reset no longer implies
+ As of 4.4BSD, executing tset as reset no longer implies
the -Q option. Also, the interaction between the - option
and the terminal argument in some historic implementations
of tset has been removed.
@@ -278,14 +289,26 @@
ENVIRONMENT
- The tset command uses the SHELL and TERM environment vari-
- ables.
+ The tset command uses these environment variables:
+
+ SHELL
+ tells tset whether to initialize TERM using sh or csh
+ syntax.
+
+ TERM Denotes your terminal type. Each terminal type is
+ distinct, though many are similar.
+
+ TERMCAP
+ may denote the location of a termcap database. If it
+ is not an absolute pathname, e.g., begins with a `/',
+ tset removes the variable from the environment before
+ looking for the terminal description.
FILES
/etc/ttys
- system port name to terminal type mapping database
+ system port name to terminal type mapping database
(BSD versions only).
/usr/share/terminfo
@@ -294,13 +317,14 @@
SEE ALSO
- csh(1), sh(1), stty(1), tty(4), termcap(5), ttys(5), envi-
- ron(7)
+ csh(1), sh(1), stty(1), curs_terminfo(3x), tty(4), ter-
+ minfo(5), ttys(5), environ(7)
+ This describes ncurses version 5.9 (patch 20130309).
- tset(1)
+ tset(1)