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A default <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> value will be set on a per-line basis by
- either <STRONG>/etc/inittab</STRONG> (Linux and System-V-like UNIXes) or
+ either <STRONG>/etc/inittab</STRONG> (e.g., System-V-like UNIXes) or
<STRONG>/etc/ttys</STRONG> (BSD UNIXes). This will nearly always suffice
for workstation and microcomputer consoles.
the tty device and baud rate.
Setting your own <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> 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
you must use the <STRONG><A HREF="infocmp.1m.html">infocmp(1m)</A></STRONG> command. Invoke it as fol-
lows:
- infocmp <EM>entry-name</EM>
+ infocmp <EM>entry</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>name</EM>
- where <EM>entry-name</EM> is the name of the type you wish to exam-
+ where <EM>entry</EM><STRONG>_</STRONG><EM>name</EM> 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
thus <STRONG>vt100</STRONG>, <STRONG>hp2621</STRONG>, <STRONG>wy50</STRONG>.
The root name for a PC-Unix console type should be the OS
- name, i.e. <STRONG>linux</STRONG>, <STRONG>bsdos</STRONG>, <STRONG>freebsd</STRONG>, <STRONG>netbsd</STRONG>. It should <EM>not</EM>
+ name, i.e., <STRONG>linux</STRONG>, <STRONG>bsdos</STRONG>, <STRONG>freebsd</STRONG>, <STRONG>netbsd</STRONG>. It should <EM>not</EM>
be <STRONG>console</STRONG> 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. <STRONG>versaterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>ctrm</STRONG>).
+ 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., <STRONG>versaterm</STRONG>, <STRONG>ctrm</STRONG>).
Following the root name, you may add any reasonable number
of hyphen-separated feature suffixes.
<STRONG><A HREF="term.7.html">term(7)</A></STRONG>
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