tset(1)tset(1)NAME
tset, reset - terminal-dependent initialization
SYNOPSIS
[options] [ident] [test baudrate] [type]
DESCRIPTION
sets up the terminal when logging in on an HP-UX system. It does ter‐
minal-dependent processing, such as setting erase and kill characters,
setting or resetting delays, and sending any sequences needed to prop‐
erly initialize the terminal. It first determines the type of terminal
involved, then does the necessary initializations and mode settings.
The type of terminal attached to each HP-UX port is specified in the
data base. Type names for terminals can be found in the files under
the directory (see terminfo(4)). If a port is not wired permanently to
a specific terminal (not hardwired), it is given an appropriate generic
identifier, such as
performs a similar function, setting the terminal to a sensible default
state.
In the case where no arguments are specified, simply reads the terminal
type out of the environment variable and re-initializes the terminal.
The rest of this manual entry concerns itself with mode and environment
initialization, typically done once at login, and options used at ini‐
tialization time to determine the terminal type and set up terminal
modes.
When used in a startup script for sh(1), or for csh(1) users), it is
desirable to give information about the type of terminal that will nor‐
mally be used on ports that are not hardwired. These ports are identi‐
fied in as or etc. To specify what terminal type you usually use on
these ports, the (map) option flag is followed by the appropriate port
type identifier, an optional baud rate specification, and the terminal
type. (The effect is to "map" from some conditions to a terminal type;
that is, to tell that "If I am on this kind of port, I will probably be
on this kind of terminal.") If more than one mapping is specified, the
first applicable mapping prevails. A missing port type identifier
matches all identifiers. A baudrate is specified as with (see
stty(1)), and is compared with the speed of the diagnostic output
(which should be the control terminal). The baud rate test can be any
combination of and is a synonym for and inverts the sense of the test.
To avoid problems with metacharacters, it is best to place the entire
argument to within single quotes; users of csh(1) must also put a
before any used.
Thus,
causes the terminal type to be set to an HP 2622 if the port in use is
a dialup at a speed greater than 300 baud, or to an HP 2624 if the port
is otherwise a dialup (i.e., at 300 baud or less). If the type finally
determined by begins with a question mark, the user is asked for veri‐
fication that the type indicated is really the one desired. A null
response means to use that type; otherwise, another type can be
entered. Thus, in the above case, if the user is on a plugboard port,
he or she will be asked whether or not he or she is actually using an
HP 2623.
If no mapping applies and a final type option, not preceded by a is
given on the command line, that type is used. Otherwise, the identi‐
fier found in the data base is taken to be the terminal type. The lat‐
ter should always be the case for hardwired ports.
It is usually desirable to return the terminal type, as finally deter‐
mined by tset, and information about the terminal's capabilities to a
shell's environment. This can be done using the option. From sh(1),
the command:
or using the C shell, (csh(1)):
These commands cause to generate as output a sequence of shell commands
which place the variable in the environment; see environ(5).
Once the terminal type is known, engages in terminal mode setting.
This normally involves sending an initialization sequence to the termi‐
nal, setting the single character erase (and optionally the full line
erase or line-kill) characters, and setting special character delays.
Tab and new-line expansion are turned off during transmission of the
terminal initialization sequence.
On terminals that can backspace but not overstrike (such as a CRT), and
when the erase character is the default erase character on standard
systems), the erase character is changed to Backspace.
Options
recognizes the following options:
Set the erase character to be the named character
c; c defaults to what the terminfo database (see ter‐
minfo(4)) entry reports to be the character sent by the
Backspace key (usually The character c can either be
typed directly, or entered using circumflex notation used
here (e.g., the circumflex notation for control-H is
Set the kill character to
c. The default c is If c is not specified, the kill
character remains unchanged unless the original value of
the kill character is null, in which case the kill char‐
acter is set to
Report terminal type.
Whatever type is decided on is reported. If no other
flags are given, the only effect is to write the terminal
type on the standard output. Has no effect if used with
Generate appropriate commands (depending on current
environment variable) to set
Suppress transmitting terminal initialization strings.
Suppress printing the
and messages.
Ask the user for the
type.
Output the strings that would be assigned to
in the environment rather than generating commands for a
shell. In sh(1), the following is an alternate way of
setting
Force a read of
When is not specified, the terminal type is determined by
reading the environment unless some mapping is specified.
For compatibility with earlier versions of the following flags are
accepted, but their use is discouraged:
Report to the user in addition to other flags.
Set the erase character to
c only if the terminal can backspace. c defaults to what
the terminfo database (see terminfo(4)) entry reports to
be the character sent by the Backspace key (usually
In addition to capabilities described in (see termio(7) and ter‐
minfo(4)), the following boolean terminfo capabilities are understood
by and and can be included in the terminfo database for the purpose of
terminal setup:
"Uppercase" mode sets character mapping for terminals
that support only uppercase characters. Equivalent to
"Lowercase" mode permits input and output of lowercase charac‐
ters.
Equivalent to
Set "even parity".
Equivalent to
Set "odd parity".
Equivalent to
Set "new line" mode.
Equivalent to
Set "half-duplex" mode.
Equivalent to
Set "print tabs" mode.
Equivalent to
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
Environment Variables
if generate commands; otherwise generate sh(1) commands.
the (canonical) terminal name.
EXAMPLES
These examples all assume the sh(1). Note that a typical use of in a
also uses the and options, and often the or options as well. These
options have been omitted here to keep the examples small.
Assume, for the moment, that you are on an HP 2622. This is suitable
for typing by hand but not for a unless you are on a 2622.
Assume you have an HP 2623 at home that you dial up on, but your office
terminal is hardwired and known in
Suppose you are accessing the system through a switching network that
can connect any system to any incoming modem line in an arbitrary com‐
bination, making it nearly impossible to key on what port you are com‐
ing in on. Your office terminal is an HP 2622, and your home terminal
is an HP 2623 running at 1200 baud on dial-up switch ports. Sometimes
you use someone else's terminal at work, so you want it to verify what
terminal type you have at high speeds, but at 1200 baud you are always
on a 2623. Note the placement of the question mark and the quotes to
protect the and from interpretation by the shell.
All of the above entries fall back on the terminal type specified in if
none of the conditions hold. The following entry is appropriate if you
always dial up, always at the same baud rate, on many different kinds
of terminals. Your most common terminal is an HP 2622. It always asks
you what kind of terminal you are on, defaulting to 2622.
If the file is not properly installed and you want to key entirely on
the baud rate, the following can be used:
AUTHOR
was developed by the University of California, Berkeley.
FILES
port-name to terminal-type mapping data base
terminal information data base
SEE ALSOcsh(1), sh(1), stty(1), ttytype(4), environ(5).
tset(1)