Name
tset
Synopsis
tset [options
] [type
]
Sets terminal modes. Without arguments, the terminal is reinitialized according to the TERM
environment variable. tset is used in startup scripts (.profile or .login). type
is the terminal type; if preceded by a ?, tset prompts the user to enter a different type, if needed. Press the Return key to use the default value, type
.
Options
- -q, -
Print terminal name on standard output; useful for passing this value to
TERM
.-
-e
c
Set erase character to
c
; default is^H
(backspace).-
-i
c
Set interrupt character to
c
; default is^C
.- -I
Don’t output terminal initialization setting.
-
-k
c
Set line-kill character to
c
; default is^U
.-
-m[
port
[baudrate
]:type
] Declare terminal specifications.
port
is the port type (usually dialup or plugboard).tty
is the terminal type; it can be preceded by?
as above.baudrate
checks the port speed and can be preceded by any of these characters:-
>
Port must be greater than
baudrate
.-
<
Port must be less than
baudrate
.-
@
Port must transmit at
baudrate
.-
!
Negate a subsequent
>
,<
, or@
character.-
?
Prompt for the terminal type. With no response, use the given type.
-
- -Q
Don’t print “Erase set to” and “Kill set to” messages.
- -r
Report the terminal type.
- -s
Return the values of
TERM
assignments to the shell environment. This is commonly done via eval \'tset -s\' (in the C shell, surround this with the commands set noglob and unset noglob).- -V
Print the version of ncurses being used.
Examples
Set TERM
to wy50
:
$ eval 'tset -s wy50'
Prompt ...
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