tset(1) (XENIX Compatibility Package) tset(1)
NAME
tset - provides information for setting terminal modes.
SYNOPSIS
tset [options][type]
DESCRIPTION
tset allows the user to set a terminal's ERASE and KILL characters,
and define the terminal's type and capabilities by creating values
for the TERM and TERMCAP environment variables. If a type is given
with the -s option, tset creates information for a terminal of the
specified type. The type may be any type given in
/usr/share/lib/terminfo. If the type is not specified with the -s
option, tset creates information for a terminal of the type defined
by the value of the environment variable, TERM unless the -h or -m
option is given. If the TERM variable is undefined, tset looks in
/usr/share/lib/terminfo for the appropriate information. If these
options are used, tset searches the /etc/ttytype file for the
terminal type corresponding to the current serial port; it then
creates information for a terminal based on this type. If the serial
port is not found in /etc/ttytype, the terminal type is set to dumb.
tset displays the created information at the standard output. The
information is in a form that can be used to set the current
environment variables. The exact form depends on the login shell
from which tset was invoked. The examples below illustrate how to
use this information to change the variables.
There are the following options
-e[cP]
Sets the erase character to [c] on all terminals. The default
setting is the BACKSPACE, or CTRL-H.
-E[c]
Identical to the -e command except that it only operates on
terminals that can BACKSPACE
-k[c]
Sets the KILL character to c, defaulting to CTRL-U.
- Prints the terminal type on the standard output.
-s Outputs the ``setenv'' commands [for csh()], or ``export'' and
assignment commands [for sh()]. The type of commands are
determined by the user's login shell.
-S Only outputs the strings to be placed in the environment
variables.
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-r Prints the terminal type on the diagnostic output.
-Q Suppresses the printing of the ``Erase set to'' and ``Kill set
to'' messages.
-I Suppresses printing of the terminal initialization strings.
tset is most useful when included in the .login [for
csh()] or .profile [for sh()] file executed automatically at
login, with -m option is given, the first correct mapping
prevails.
Examples
tset gt42
tset - mdialup>300:adm3a-mdialup:dw2-Qr-e#
tset -mdial:ti733-mplug:?hp2621-munknown:?-e-k^U
To use the information created by the -s option for the
Bourne shell, (sh), repeat these commands:
tset -s...>/tmp/tset$$
/tmp/tset$$
rm/tmp/tset$$
To use the information create for csh, use:
set noglob
set term=(`tset-S...') setenv TERM$term[1] setenv
TERMCAP"$term[2]" unset term unset noglob
Files
"/usr/share/lib/terminfo"
Terminal capability database.
SEE ALSO
stty(1), tty(1). terminfo(4) in the Programmer's Reference Manual.
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