SysIII/usr/src/man/man7/term.7

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.TH TERM 7
.SH NAME
term \- conventional names
.SH DESCRIPTION
These names are used by certain commands (e.g.,
.IR nroff (1),
.IR mm (1),
.IR man (1),
.IR tabs (1))
and are maintained as part of the shell environment (see
.IR sh (1),
.IR profile (5),
and
.IR environ (7))
in the variable
.SM
.BR $TERM\*S :
.PP
.nf
.ta \w'300s\-12   'u
1520	Datamedia 1520
1620	Diablo 1620 and others using the HyType II printer
1620\-12	same, in 12-pitch mode
2621	Hewlett-Packard \s-1HP\s+12621 series
2631	Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer
2631\-c	Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer - compressed mode
2631\-e	Hewlett-Packard 2631 line printer - expanded mode
2640	Hewlett-Packard \s-1HP\s+12640 series
2645	Hewlett-Packard \s-1HP\s+1264n series (other than the 2640 series)
300	\s-1DASI/DTC/GSI\s+1 300 and others using the HyType I printer
300\-12	same, in 12-pitch mode
300s	\s-1DASI/DTC/GSI\s+1 300s
382	\s-1DTC\s+1 382
300s\-12	same, in 12-pitch mode
3045	Datamedia 3045
33	\s-1TELETYPE\s+1\*R Model 33 \s-1KSR\s+1
37	\s-1TELETYPE\s+1 Model 37 \s-1KSR\s+1
40\-2	\s-1TELETYPE\s+1 Model 40/2
4000A	Trendata 4000A
4014	Tektronix 4014
43	\s-1TELETYPE\s+1 Model 43 \s-1KSR\s+1
450	\s-1DASI\s+1 450 (same as Diablo 1620)
450\-12	same, in 12-pitch mode
735	Texas Instruments \s-1TI\s+1735 and \s-1TI\s+1725
745	Texas Instruments \s-1TI\s+1745
dumb	generic name for terminals that lack reverse
	line-feed and other special escape sequences
hp	Hewlett-Packard (same as 2645)
lp	generic name for a line printer
tn1200	General Electric TermiNet 1200
tn300	General Electric TermiNet 300
.fi
.PP
Up to 8 characters, chosen from [\-a\-z0\-9],
make up a basic terminal name.
Terminal sub-models and operational modes are distinguished by
suffixes beginning with a \f3\-\fP.
Names should generally be based on original vendors,
rather than local distributors.
A terminal acquired from one vendor should not have more than
one distinct basic name.
.PP
Commands whose behavior depends on the type of terminal
should accept arguments of the form
.BI \-T term\^
where
.I term\^
is one of the names given above;
if no such argument is present,
such commands should
obtain the terminal type from
the environment variable
.SM
.BR $TERM\*S ,
which, in turn, should contain
.IR term .
.SH SEE ALSO
mm(1),
nroff(1),
tplot(1G),
sh(1),
stty(1),
tabs(1),
profile(5),
environ(7).
.SH BUGS
This is a small candle trying to illuminate a large, dark problem.
Programs that ought to adhere to this nomenclature do so somewhat fitfully.