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.TH TSET UCB 3/1/79 UCB
.SH NAME
tset \- set terminal modes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tset
[
.B \-
] [
.B \-r
] [
.B \-e
] [
.B \-E
] [
.B \-k
] [
.B \-d
.I type
] [
.B \-p
.I type
] [
.B \-b
.I type
] [
.B \-h
] [
.I type
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Tset
causes terminal dependent processing such as setting
erase and kill characters, setting or resetting delays,
and the like.
It is driven by the
.I /etc/ttytype
and
.I /etc/termcap
files.
.PP
The type of terminal is specified by the
.I type
argument.
The type may be any type given in
.I /etc/termcap.
If
.I type
is not specified,
the terminal type is read from
the environment
unless some of the
.B \-h,
.B \-d,
.B \-b,
or
.B \-p
flags are set.
In this case
the type is read from
.I /etc/ttytype
(the terminal code to terminal type database).
The terminal id is specified by a
.IR  ttyn (3)
call on the diagnostic output.
.PP
If the type turns out to be a dialup and the
.B \-d
flag is specified,
the terminal type is taken to be the named type.
Similarly,
if the type turns out to be a plugboard
and the
.B \-p
flag is specified,
the terminal type assumed is taken to be
.I type .
The same applies the the
.B \-b
flag on a bussiplexer port.
.PP
On terminals that can backspace but not overstrike
(such as a \s-2CRT\s0)
the erase character is changed to a Control-H
(backspace).
The
.B \-e
flag sets the erase character to be the named character
.I c
on all terminals,
so to override this option one can say
.BR \-e #.
The default for
.I c
is Control-H.
The
.B \-k
option works similarly,
with
.I c
defaulting to Control-X.
No kill processing is done if
.B \-k
is not specified.
.PP
The
.B \-
option prints the terminal type
on the standard output.
.PP
The
.B \-r
option prints the terminal type
on the diagnostic output.
.PP
.I Tset
is most useful when included in the
.B \&.login
file executed automatically at login,
with
.B \-d
used to specify the terminal type you most frequently dial in on.
.SH EXAMPLE
tset -dti733 -e -k!
.br
.if \n(V7 setenv TERM `tset -dadm3a - -e# -r`
.br
tset gt42
.SH FILES
.DT
/etc/ttytype		Terminal id to type map database
.br
/etc/termcap	Terminal capability database
.SH SEE\ ALSO
setenv (in csh (UCB))
.SH AUTHOR
Eric P. Allman
Commit	Line	Data
b0a04a8a EA	1	.TH TSET UCB 3/1/79 UCB
	2	.SH NAME
	3	tset \- set terminal modes
	4	.SH SYNOPSIS
	5	.B tset
	6	[
	7	.B \-
	8	] [
	9	.B \-r
	10	] [
	11	.B \-e
	12	] [
	13	.B \-E
	14	] [
	15	.B \-k
	16	] [
	17	.B \-d
	18	.I type
	19	] [
	20	.B \-p
	21	.I type
	22	] [
	23	.B \-b
	24	.I type
	25	] [
	26	.B \-h
	27	] [
	28	.I type
	29	]
	30	.SH DESCRIPTION
	31	.I Tset
	32	causes terminal dependent processing such as setting
	33	erase and kill characters, setting or resetting delays,
	34	and the like.
	35	It is driven by the
	36	.I /etc/ttytype
	37	and
	38	.I /etc/termcap
	39	files.
	40	.PP
	41	The type of terminal is specified by the
	42	.I type
	43	argument.
	44	The type may be any type given in
	45	.I /etc/termcap.
	46	If
	47	.I type
	48	is not specified,
	49	the terminal type is read from
	50	the environment
	51	unless some of the
	52	.B \-h,
	53	.B \-d,
	54	.B \-b,
	55	or
	56	.B \-p
	57	flags are set.
	58	In this case
	59	the type is read from
	60	.I /etc/ttytype
	61	(the terminal code to terminal type database).
	62	The terminal id is specified by a
	63	.IR ttyn (3)
	64	call on the diagnostic output.
65	.PP
66	If the type turns out to be a dialup and the
67	.B \-d
68	flag is specified,
69	the terminal type is taken to be the named type.
70	Similarly,
71	if the type turns out to be a plugboard
72	and the
73	.B \-p
74	flag is specified,
75	the terminal type assumed is taken to be
76	.I type .
77	The same applies the the
78	.B \-b
79	flag on a bussiplexer port.
80	.PP
81	On terminals that can backspace but not overstrike
82	(such as a \s-2CRT\s0)
83	the erase character is changed to a Control-H
84	(backspace).
85	The
86	.B \-e
87	flag sets the erase character to be the named character
88	.I c
89	on all terminals,
90	so to override this option one can say
91	.BR \-e #.
92	The default for
93	.I c
94	is Control-H.
95	The
96	.B \-k
97	option works similarly,
98	with
99	.I c
100	defaulting to Control-X.
101	No kill processing is done if
102	.B \-k
103	is not specified.
104	.PP
105	The
106	.B \-
107	option prints the terminal type
108	on the standard output.
109	.PP
110	The
111	.B \-r
112	option prints the terminal type
113	on the diagnostic output.
114	.PP
115	.I Tset
116	is most useful when included in the
117	.B \&.login
118	file executed automatically at login,
119	with
120	.B \-d
121	used to specify the terminal type you most frequently dial in on.
122	.SH EXAMPLE
123	tset -dti733 -e -k!
124	.br
125	.if \n(V7 setenv TERM `tset -dadm3a - -e# -r`
126	.br
127	tset gt42
128	.SH FILES
129	.DT
130	/etc/ttytype Terminal id to type map database
131	.br
132	/etc/termcap Terminal capability database
133	.SH SEE\ ALSO
134	setenv (in csh (UCB))
135	.SH AUTHOR
136	Eric P. Allman