.\" Copyright 1990 Gordon Irlam (gordoni@cs.ua.oz.au)
.\" Copyright 1992 Rickard E. Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
.\" Most of this was copied from the source code.  Do not restrict distribution.
.\" May be distributed under the GNU General Public License
.TH SETTERM 1 "25 December 1992" "Linux 0.98" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
setterm \- set terminal attributes
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.BR "setterm [ \-term " terminal_name " ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-reset ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-initialize ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-cursor [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-keyboard pc|olivetti|dutch|extended ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-repeat [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-appcursorkeys [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-linewrap [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-snow [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-softscroll [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-defaults ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-foreground black|red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white|default ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-background black|red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white|default ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-ulcolor black|grey|red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-ulcolor bright red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-hbcolor black|grey|red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-hbcolor bright red|green|yellow|blue|magenta|cyan|white ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-inversescreen [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-bold [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-half-bright [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-blink [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-reverse [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-underline [on|off] ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-store ]"
.B  "setterm [ \-clear [ all|rest ] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-tabs [tab1 tab2 tab3 ... ] ]" " where (tabn = 1-160)"
.BR "setterm [ \-clrtabs [ tab1 tab2 tab3 ... ]" " where (tabn = 1-160)"
.BR "setterm [ \-regtabs [" " 1-160 " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-blank [" " 0-60 " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-dump [" " 1-NR_CONS " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-append [" " 1-NR_CONS " "] ]"
.BR "setterm [ \-file" " dumpfilename " ]
.BR "setterm [ \-standout [" " attr " "] ]"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B setterm
writes to standard output a character string that will invoke the specified
terminal capabilities.  Where possibile
.I /etc/termcap
is consulted to find the string to use.  Some options however do not
correspond to a
.BR termcap (5)
capability.  In this case, if the terminal type is "minix-vc", or
"minix-vcam" the string that invokes the specified capabilities on the PC
Minix virtual console driver is output.  Options that are not implemented
by the terminal are ignored.
.SH OPTIONS
Most options are self explanatory.  The less obvious options are as
follows:
.TP
.B \-term
can be used to override the TERM environment variable.
.TP
.B \-reset
displays the terminal reset string, which typically resets the terminal to
its power on state.
.TP
.B \-initialize
displays the terminal initialization string, which typically sets the
terminal's rendering options, and other attributes to the default values.
.TP
.B \-default
sets the terminal's rendering options to the default values.
.TP
.B \-store
stores the terminal's current rendering options as the default values.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR tput (1),
.BR stty (1),
.BR termcap (5),
.BR tty (4)
.SH BUGS
Differences between the Minux and Linux versions are not documented.
.SH AUTHORS
Gordon Irlam (gordoni@cs.ua.oz.au)
.br
Adaption to Linux by Peter MacDonald
.br
Enhancements by Mika Liljeberg (liljeber@cs.Helsinki.FI)