term(5) term(5)
NAME
term - conventional names for terminals
DESCRIPTION
Terminal names are maintained as part of the shell environment
in the environment variable TERM [see sh(1), profile(4), and
environ(5)]. These names are used by certain commands [for
example, tabs, tput, and vi] and certain functions [for
example, see curses(3curses)].
Files under /usr/share/lib/terminfo are used to name terminals
and describe their capabilities. These files are in the
format described in terminfo(4). Entries in terminfo source
files consist of a number of comma-separated fields. To print
a description of a terminal term, use the command infocmp -I
term [see infocmp(1M)]. White space after each comma is
ignored. The first line of each terminal description in the
terminfo database gives the names by which terminfo knows the
terminal, separated by bar (|) characters. The first name
given is the most common abbreviation for the terminal [this
is the one to use to set the environment variable TERMINFO in
$HOME/.profile; see profile(4)], the last name given should be
a long name fully identifying the terminal, and all others are
understood as synonyms for the terminal name. All names but
the last should contain no blanks and must be unique in the
first 14 characters; the last name may contain blanks for
readability.
Terminal names (except for the last, verbose entry) should be
chosen using the following conventions. The particular piece
of hardware making up the terminal should have a root name
chosen, for example, for the AT&T 4425 terminal, att4425.
This name should not contain hyphens, except that synonyms may
be chosen that do not conflict with other names. Up to 8
characters, chosen from the set a through z and 0 through 9,
make up a basic terminal name. Names should generally be
based on original vendors rather than local distributors. A
terminal acquired from one vendor should not have more than
one distinct basic name. Terminal sub-models, operational
modes that the hardware can be in, or user preferences should
be indicated by appending a hyphen and an indicator of the
mode. Thus, an AT&T 4425 terminal in 132 column mode is
att4425-w. The following suffixes should be used where
possible:
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Suffix Meaning Example
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-w Wide mode (more than 80 columns) att4425-w
-am With auto. margins (usually default) vt100-am
-nam Without automatic margins vt100-nam
-n Number of lines on the screen aaa-60
-na No arrow keys (leave them in local) c100-na
-np Number of pages of memory c100-4p
-rv Reverse video att4415-rv
To avoid conflicts with the naming conventions used in
describing the different modes of a terminal (for example,
-w), it is recommended that a terminal's root name not contain
hyphens. Further, it is good practice to make all terminal
names used in the terminfo(4) database unique. Terminal
entries that are present only for inclusion in other entries
via the use= facilities should have a '+' in their name, as in
4415+nl.
Here are some of the known terminal names: (For a complete
list, enter the command ls -C /usr/share/lib/terminfo/?.)
2621,hp2621 Hewlett-Packard 2621 series
2631 Hewlett-Packard 2631 line
printer
2631-c Hewlett-Packard 2631 line
printer, compressed mode
2631-e Hewlett-Packard 2631 line
printer, expanded mode
2640,hp2640 Hewlett-Packard 2640 series
2645,hp2645 Hewlett-Packard 2645 series
3270 IBM Model 3270
33,tty33 AT&T Teletype Model 33 KSR
35,tty35 AT&T Teletype Model 35 KSR
37,tty37 AT&T Teletype Model 37 KSR
4000a Trendata 4000a
4014,tek4014 TEKTRONIX 4014
40,tty40 AT&T Teletype Dataspeed 40/2
43,tty43 AT&T Teletype Model 43 KSR
4410,5410 AT&T 4410/5410 in 80-column
mode, version 2
4410-nfk,5410-nfk AT&T 4410/5410 without
function keys, version 1
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4410-nsl,5410-nsl AT&T 4410/5410 without pln
defined
4410-w,5410-w AT&T 4410/5410 in 132-column
mode
4410v1,5410v1 AT&T 4410/5410 in 80-column
mode, version 1
4410v1-w,5410v1-w AT&T 4410/5410 in 132-column
mode, version 1
4418,5418 AT&T 5418 in 80-column mode
4418-w,5418-w AT&T 5418 in 132-column mode
4420 AT&T Teletype Model 4420
4424 AT&T Teletype Model 4424
4424-2 AT&T Teletype Model 4424 in
display function group ii
4425,5425 AT&T 4425/5425
4425-fk,5425-fk AT&T 4425/5425 without
function keys
4425-nl,5425-nl AT&T 4425/5425 without
changing labels in 80-column
mode
4425-w,5425-w AT&T 4425/5425 in 132-column
mode
4425-w-fk,5425-w-fk AT&T 4425/5425 without
function keys in 132-column
mode
4425-nl-w,5425-nl-w AT&T 4425/5425 without
changing labels in 132-
column mode
4426 AT&T Teletype Model 4426S
450 DASI 450 (same as Diablo
1620)
450-12 DASI 450 in 12-pitch mode
500,att500 AT&T-IS 500 terminal
510,510a AT&T 510/510a in 80-column
mode
513bct,att513 AT&T 513 bct terminal
5320 AT&T 5320 hardcopy terminal
5420_2 AT&T 5420 model 2 in 80-
column mode
5420_2-w AT&T 5420 model 2 in 132-
column mode
610,610bct AT&T 610 bct terminal in
80-column mode
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610-w,610bct-w AT&T 610 bct terminal in
132-column mode
630,630MTG AT&T 630 Multi-Tasking
Graphics terminal
735,ti Texas Instruments TI735 and
TI725
745 Texas Instruments TI745
dumb generic name for terminals
that lack reverse line-feed
and other special escape
sequences
hp Hewlett-Packard (same as
2645)
lp generic name for a line
printer
pt505 AT&T Personal Terminal 505
(22 lines)
pt505-24 AT&T Personal Terminal 505
(24-line mode)
sync generic name for synchronous
Teletype Model 4540-
compatible terminals
Commands whose behavior depends on the type of terminal should
accept arguments of the form -Tterm where term is one of the
names given above; if no such argument is present, such
commands should obtain the terminal type from the environment
variable TERM, which, in turn, should contain term.
FILES
/usr/share/lib/terminfo/?/* compiled terminal description
database
REFERENCES
curses(3curses), environ(5), infocmp(1M), profile(4), sh(1),
stty(1), tabs(1), terminfo(4), tput(1), vi(1)
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