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3. (BSD systems only.) The terminal type associated with
the standard error output device in the <EM>/etc/ttys</EM> file.
- (On Linux and System-V-like UNIXes, <EM>getty</EM> does this job by
- setting <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> according to the type passed to it by
- <EM>/etc/inittab</EM>.)
+ (On System-V-like UNIXes and systems using that conven-
+ tion, <EM>getty</EM> does this job by setting <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> according to the
+ type passed to it by <EM>/etc/inittab</EM>.)
4. The default terminal type, ``unknown''.
<STRONG>-r</STRONG> Print the terminal type to the standard error output.
- <STRONG>-s</STRONG> Print the sequence of shell commands to initialize
+ <STRONG>-s</STRONG> Print the sequence of shell commands to initialize
the environment variable <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> to the standard output.
- See the section <STRONG>SETTING</STRONG> <STRONG>THE</STRONG> <STRONG>ENVIRONMENT</STRONG> for details.
+ See the section <STRONG>SETTING</STRONG> <STRONG>THE</STRONG> <STRONG>ENVIRONMENT</STRONG> for details.
<STRONG>-V</STRONG> reports the version of ncurses which was used in this
program, and exits.
The arguments for the <STRONG>-e</STRONG>, <STRONG>-i</STRONG>, and <STRONG>-k</STRONG> 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''.
+ tion, i.e., control-h may be specified as ``^H'' or
+ ``^h''.
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eval `tset -s options ... `
-
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<H2>TERMINAL TYPE MAPPING</H2><PRE>
When the terminal is not hardwired into the system (or the
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<H2>ENVIRONMENT</H2><PRE>
- The <STRONG>tset</STRONG> command uses the <STRONG>SHELL</STRONG> and <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> environment vari-
- ables.
+ The <STRONG>tset</STRONG> command uses these environment variables:
+
+ SHELL
+ tells <STRONG>tset</STRONG> whether to initialize <STRONG>TERM</STRONG> using <STRONG>sh</STRONG> or <STRONG>csh</STRONG>
+ 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 `/',
+ <STRONG>tset</STRONG> removes the variable from the environment before
+ looking for the terminal description.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
- <STRONG><A HREF="csh.1.html">csh(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="sh.1.html">sh(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="stty.1.html">stty(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="setupterm.3.html">setupterm(3)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tty.4.html">tty(4)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="termcap.5.html">termcap(5)</A></STRONG>,
- <STRONG><A HREF="ttys.5.html">ttys(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="environ.7.html">environ(7)</A></STRONG>
+ <STRONG><A HREF="csh.1.html">csh(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="sh.1.html">sh(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="stty.1.html">stty(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="curs_terminfo.3x.html">curs_terminfo(3x)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="tty.4.html">tty(4)</A></STRONG>, ter-
+ <STRONG><A HREF="
minfo.5.html">minfo(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="ttys.5.html">ttys(5)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="environ.7.html">environ(7)</A></STRONG>
+ This describes <STRONG>ncurses</STRONG> version 5.7 (patch 20100529).
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