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term 7

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 term(7)                                                         term(7)
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NAME

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NAME
        term - conventions for naming terminal types
 
 
 

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DESCRIPTION
+
DESCRIPTION
        The  environment variable TERM should normally contain the
        type name of the terminal, console or display-device  type
        you  are  using.   This  information  is  critical for all
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@
        mailer.
 
        A  default  TERM  value will be set on a per-line basis by
-       either /etc/inittab (Linux and  System-V-like  UNIXes)  or
+       either  /etc/inittab  (e.g.,  System-V-like   UNIXes)   or
        /etc/ttys  (BSD  UNIXes).  This will nearly always suffice
        for workstation and microcomputer consoles.
 
@@ -85,9 +86,9 @@
        the tty device and baud rate.
 
        Setting your own TERM 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
@@ -101,9 +102,9 @@
        you  must  use the infocmp(1m) command.  Invoke it as fol-
        lows:
 
-            infocmp entry-name
+            infocmp entry_name
 
-       where entry-name is the name of the type you wish to exam-
+       where entry_name 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
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@
        thus vt100, hp2621, wy50.
 
        The root name for a PC-Unix console type should be the  OS
-       name,  i.e.  linux, bsdos, freebsd, netbsd.  It should not
+       name,  i.e., linux, bsdos, freebsd, netbsd.  It should not
        be console 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
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@
        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. versaterm, ctrm).
+       it (i.e., versaterm, ctrm).
 
        Following the root name, you may add any reasonable number
        of hyphen-separated feature suffixes.
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PORTABILITY
+
PORTABILITY
        For  maximum  compatibility  with  older  System V UNIXes,
        names and aliases should be unique  within  the  first  14
        characters.
 
 
 

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FILES
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FILES
        /usr/share/terminfo/?/*
             compiled terminal capability data base
 
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SEE ALSO
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SEE ALSO
        curses(3x), terminfo(5), term(5).
 
 
 
                                                                 term(7)
 

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