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;; $Id: termcap.docbook,v 1.1 2012/08/25 07:19:03 gdr Exp $
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<appendix id="gsh-app-termcap">
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<title>Termcaps</title>
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<para>
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"Termcap" is short for "terminal capability",
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and is the name of a database which applications can
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use to do full-screen output on any kind of terminal. The termcap
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database contains records for the various supported terminals,
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each of which contains fields of the form
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<screen>
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<replaceable>cap</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable>
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</screen>
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<replaceable>Cap</replaceable> is a two-letter code that
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represents a cursor movement, screen mode change (such as inverse
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or underline mode), and various other things.
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<replaceable>Value</replaceable> is
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usually a sequence of control characters that is sent to a
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terminal to initiate the desired action.
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<replaceable>Value</replaceable> can also be
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'boolean', or yes/no, values, for such things as "Does this
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terminal support cursor movement?". The termcap file is
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documented in termcap(5) manual page.
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</para>
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<para>
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The termcap library does not specifically require GNO/ME.
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</para>
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<para>
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The following terminal types are supported in the GNO/ME termcap file:
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</para>
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<para>
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<informaltable colsep="1" frame="all" rowsep="1" tocentry="0" shortentry="0"
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orient="land" pgwide="0">
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<colspec align="left"/>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>gnocon</entry>
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<entry>GNO Console</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>CONSOLE</entry>
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<entry>GS/OS .console driver</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>ptse</entry>
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<entry>Proterm Special Emulation</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>vt100</entry>
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<entry>DEC VT-100 terminal</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>ansisys</entry>
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<entry>MS-DOS ANSI.SYS</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>xerox820</entry>
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<entry>Xerox 820-II CP/M terminal</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>iw1</entry>
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<entry>Apple ImageWriter I printer</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>iw-alt</entry>
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<entry>Alternate ImageWriter I printer</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry>deskjet</entry>
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<entry>Hewlett Packard DeskJet 500 printer</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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</para>
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<para>
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The printer entries allow a formatted
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electronic manual page to be sent to the printer. For example,
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the following script would bring up the manual page for <command>ls</command>,
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format it for the DeskJet 500, and print it with italics and
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boldface:
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</para>
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<screen>
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set temp=$term
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set term=deskjet
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man $1 > .ttyb
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set term=$temp
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</screen>
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</appendix>
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