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