Ordinarily the system supplier will have set up your system for the type of terminal most commonly used with it. Default terminal characteristics and a default terminal type will be set when the system is first installed. If you are using more than one type of terminal, or if you want to add terminals of a different type to your installation, you need to know how to change the default terminal settings as well as the settings for each separate terminal.
The TERM command sets terminal and printer characteristics for the terminal which issues the command; these characteristics remain in effect until they are changed or until the process is logged off.
The SET-TERM command can be used to set the system-wide default characteristics for terminals and printers as well as default characteristics for specific terminals and printers. The default characteristics are always in effect when a user first logs on.
Characteristics set by the TERM and SET-TERM commands are:
Width and height of the screen (columns and rows)
Number of lines skipped between screen pages
Number of characters printed after each line feed and form feed character
Backspace character
Width and height of the printer page
Terminal type
Default settings are as follows:
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TERMINAL |
PRINTER |
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PAGE WIDTH |
: |
79 |
132 |
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PAGE DEPTH |
: |
24 |
60 |
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LINE SKIP |
: |
0 |
|
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LF DELAY |
: |
1 |
|
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FF DELAY |
: |
5 |
|
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BACKSPACE |
: |
8 |
|
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TERM TYPE |
: |
I |
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To list the current default settings on your system, type SET-TERM with no options. To list current settings on your own terminal, type TERM with no options.
Users can include the TERM command in their Logon Proc, which will automatically set the terminal type and characteristics for their particular terminal each time they log on. See Using User Accounts and Commands in the Guide to mvBase Files and Accounts for information about logon Procs.
See Also
Configuring and Using Terminals
Selecting and Defining Terminal Types
Defining Your Own Terminal Types