Appendix C: Serial terminal information
Table of contents
Why SCO Merge needs terminal information
Two kinds of serial terminals
Some useful terms and concepts
Defining terminal output for standard terminals
Standard
terminfo
descriptors
Special
terminfo
descriptors
pctrm
dispc
Displaying PC characters on terminals
Displaying PC characters on ISO terminals
Combined ISO and PC character set terminals
Defining terminal input for standard terminals
Default key emulation escape sequences
Default special-action escape sequences
Using
terminfo
descriptors for key emulation
pctrm
Changing the lead-in character
About PC scancode terminals
Switching commands
Alternate flow control
Serial line parameters
pctrm
Sequence of use
SCO scancode terminal support
Defining terminal output for PC scancode terminals
Parameterized strings
dispc
as a parameterized string
Code pages
Defining terminal input for PC scancode terminals
Changing the lead-in sequence
PC-character-to-ASCII conversions
terminfo
escape sequences