X-Git-Url: http://ncurses.scripts.mit.edu/?p=ncurses.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fterm.7;h=cf815b52f748968002e77e4344cc2b26312146db;hp=0a77cf694bd324c3f64feb04f8de2bb648fb4e5d;hb=41068edef084c39be0cecdf949d9b538d925f42c;hpb=027ae42953e3186daed8f3882da73de48291b606 diff --git a/man/term.7 b/man/term.7 index 0a77cf69..cf815b52 100644 --- a/man/term.7 +++ b/man/term.7 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\"*************************************************************************** -.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2003,2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * +.\" Copyright (c) 1998-2007,2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * .\" * .\" Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a * .\" copy of this software and associated documentation files (the * @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ .\" authorization. * .\"*************************************************************************** .\" -.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.15 2006/02/25 21:47:06 tom Exp $ -.TH TERM 7 +.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.20 2010/01/30 21:27:35 tom Exp $ +.TH term 7 .ds n 5 .ds d @TERMINFO@ .SH NAME @@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ the terminal, console or display-device type you are using. This information is critical for all screen-oriented programs, including your editor and mailer. .PP A default \fBTERM\fR value will be set on a per-line basis by either -\fB/etc/inittab\fR (Linux and System-V-like UNIXes) or \fB/etc/ttys\fR (BSD -UNIXes). This will nearly always suffice for workstation and microcomputer -consoles. +\fB/etc/inittab\fR (e.g., System-V-like UNIXes) +or \fB/etc/ttys\fR (BSD UNIXes). +This will nearly always suffice for workstation and microcomputer consoles. .PP 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 `dialup' on @@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ which you wish to override the system default type for your line. Terminal type descriptions are stored as files of capability data underneath \*d. To browse a list of all terminal names recognized by the system, do .sp - toe | more + @TOE@ | more .sp from your shell. These capability files are in a binary format optimized for retrieval speed (unlike the old text-based \fBtermcap\fR format they replace); -to examine an entry, you must use the \fBinfocmp\fR(1) command. Invoke it as -follows: +to examine an entry, you must use the \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M) command. +Invoke it as follows: .sp - infocmp \fIentry-name\fR + @INFOCMP@ \fIentry-name\fR .sp where \fIentry-name\fR is the name of the type you wish to examine (and the name of its capability file the subdirectory of \*d named for its first @@ -114,14 +114,14 @@ The root name prefix should be followed when appropriate by a model number; thus \fBvt100\fR, \fBhp2621\fR, \fBwy50\fR. .PP The root name for a PC-Unix console type should be the OS name, -i.e. \fBlinux\fR, \fBbsdos\fR, \fBfreebsd\fR, \fBnetbsd\fR. It should +i.e., \fBlinux\fR, \fBbsdos\fR, \fBfreebsd\fR, \fBnetbsd\fR. It should \fInot\fR be \fBconsole\fR or any other generic that might cause confusion in a multi-platform environment! If a model number follows, it should indicate either the OS release level or the console driver release level. .PP -The root name for a terminal emulator (assuming it doesn't fit one of the +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. \fBversaterm\fR, \fBctrm\fR). +recognizable abbreviation of it (i.e., \fBversaterm\fR, \fBctrm\fR). .PP Following the root name, you may add any reasonable number of hyphen-separated feature suffixes.