- (3) tabs expansion will be turned on or off
- according to the specification in the entry,
- and
+ (2) if the window size cannot be obtained from the
+ operating system, but the terminal description
+ (or environment, e.g., <STRONG>LINES</STRONG> and <STRONG>COLUMNS</STRONG> vari-
+ ables specify this), update the operating sys-
+ tem's notion of the window size.
+
+ (3) the terminal modes will be updated:
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> any delays (e.g., newline) specified in
+ the entry will be set in the tty driver,
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> tabs expansion will be turned on or off
+ according to the specification in the
+ entry, and
+
+ <STRONG>o</STRONG> if tabs are not expanded, standard tabs
+ will be set (every 8 spaces).
+
+ (4) if present, the terminal's initialization
+ strings will be output as detailed in the <STRONG>ter-</STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="terminfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG> section on <EM>Tabs</EM> <EM>and</EM> <EM>Initialization</EM>,