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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 vis-
- ual bell or reverse-video) which you wish to override the
- system default type for your line.
+ 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.
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
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