tset \- set terminal modes
causes terminal dependent processing such as setting
erase and kill characters, setting or resetting delays,
The type of terminal is specified by the
The type may be any type given in
the terminal type is read from
(the terminal code to terminal type database).
The terminal id is specified by a
call on the diagnostic output.
If the type turns out to be a dialup and the
the terminal type is taken to be the named type.
if the type turns out to be a plugboard
the terminal type assumed is taken to be
flag on a bussiplexer port.
On terminals that can backspace but not overstrike
the erase character is changed to a Control-H
flag sets the erase character to be the named character
so to override this option one can say
No kill processing is done if
option prints the terminal type
option prints the terminal type
on the diagnostic output.
is most useful when included in the
file executed automatically at login,
used to specify the terminal type you most frequently dial in on.
.if \n(V7 setenv TERM `tset -dadm3a - -e# -r`
/etc/ttytype Terminal id to type map database
/etc/termcap Terminal capability database