-.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.7 1997/12/14 01:50:43 tom Exp $
-.TH TERM 7
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+.\" $Id: term.7,v 1.18 2007/06/02 20:40:07 tom Exp $
+.TH term 7
.ds n 5
-.ds d @DATADIR@/terminfo
+.ds d @TERMINFO@
.SH NAME
term \- conventions for naming terminal types
.SH DESCRIPTION
are in fact using a VT100-superset console, terminal, or terminal emulator.)
.PP
In any case, you are free to override the system \fBTERM\fR setting to your
-taste in your shell profile. The \fBtset\fB(1) utility may be of assistance;
+taste in your shell profile. The \fBtset\fP(1) utility may be of assistance;
you can give it a set of rules for deducing or requesting a terminal type based
on the tty device and baud rate.
.PP
which you wish to override the system default type for your line.
.PP
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
-
- toe | more
-
+\*d. To browse a list of all terminal names recognized by the system, do
+.sp
+ @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:
-
- infocmp \fIentry-name\fR
-
+to examine an entry, you must use the \fB@INFOCMP@\fR(1M) command.
+Invoke it as follows:
+.sp
+ @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
letter). This command dumps a capability file in the text format described by
-\fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
+\fBterminfo\fR(\*n).
.PP
The first line of a \fBterminfo\fR(\*n) description gives the names by which
terminfo knows a terminal, separated by `|' (pipe-bar) characters with the last
First, choose a root name. The root will consist of a lower-case letter
followed by up to seven lower-case letters or digits. You need to avoid using
punctuation characters in root names, because they are used and interpreted as
-filenames and shell meta-characters (such as !, $, *, ? etc.) embedded in them
+filenames and shell meta-characters (such as !, $, *, ?, etc.) embedded in them
may cause odd and unhelpful behavior. The slash (/), or any other character
that may be interpreted by anyone's file system (\e, $, [, ]), is especially
dangerous (terminfo is platform-independent, and choosing names with special
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\fB, \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).
.PP
attributes.
.TP 5
-am
-Enable auto-margin (right-margin wraparound)
+Enable auto-margin (right-margin wraparound).
.TP 5
-m
-Mono mode - suppress color support
+Mono mode - suppress color support.
.TP 5
-na
No arrow keys - termcap ignores arrow keys which are actually there on the
terminal, so the user can use the arrow keys locally.
.TP 5
-nam
-No auto-margin - suppress am capability
+No auto-margin - suppress am capability.
.TP 5
-nl
-No labels - suppress soft labels
+No labels - suppress soft labels.
.TP 5
-nsl
-No status line - suppress status line
+No status line - suppress status line.
.TP 5
-pp
Has a printer port which is used.
.TP 5
-rv
-Terminal in reverse video mode (black on white)
+Terminal in reverse video mode (black on white).
.TP 5
-s
Enable status line.
-w
Wide; terminal is in 132 column mode.
.PP
-Conventionally, if your terminal type is a variant intended to specify a
+Conventionally, if your terminal type is a variant intended to specify a
line height, that suffix should go first. So, for a hypothetical FuBarCo
model 2317 terminal in 30-line mode with reverse video, best form would be
\fBfubar-30-rv\fR (rather than, say, `fubar-rv-30').
.PP
Terminal types that are written not as standalone entries, but rather as
-components to be plugged into other entries via \fBuse\fB capabilities,
+components to be plugged into other entries via \fBuse\fP capabilities,
are distinguished by using embedded plus signs rather than dashes.
.PP
Commands which use a terminal type to control display often accept a -T
compiled terminal capability data base
.TP 5
/etc/inittab
-tty line initialization (AT&T-like UNIXes).
+tty line initialization (AT&T-like UNIXes)
.TP 5
/etc/ttys
-tty line initialization (BSD-like UNIXes).
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n), \fBterm\fR(\*d).
+tty line initialization (BSD-like UNIXes)
+.SH SEE ALSO
+\fBcurses\fR(3X), \fBterminfo\fR(\*n), \fBterm\fR(\*n).
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