16.5 Special Terminal Capabilities

`LP'

(bool)
Terminal has VT100 style margins (`magic margins'). Note that this capability is obsolete -- screen now uses the standard `xn' instead.

`Z0'

(str)
Change width to 132 columns.

`Z1'

(str)
Change width to 80 columns.

`WS'

(str)
Resize display. This capability has the desired width and height as arguments. SunView(tm) example: `\E[8;%d;%dt'.

`NF'

(bool)
Terminal doesn't need flow control. Send ^S and ^Q direct to the application. Same as flow off. The opposite of this capability is `nx'.

`G0'

(bool)
Terminal can deal with ISO 2022 font selection sequences.

`S0'

(str)
Switch charset `G0' to the specified charset. Default is `\E(%.'.

`E0'

(str)
Switch charset `G0' back to standard charset. Default is `\E(B'.

`C0'

(str)
Use the string as a conversion table for font 0. See the `ac' capability for more details.

`CS'

(str)
Switch cursor-keys to application mode.

`CE'

(str)
Switch cursor-keys to cursor mode.

`AN'

(bool)
Enable autonuke for displays of this terminal type. (see section 16.6 Autonuke).

`OL'

(num)
Set the output buffer limit. See the `obuflimit' command (see section 16.7 Obuflimit) for more details.

`KJ'

(str)
Set the encoding of the terminal. See the `encoding' command (see section 11.11 Character Processing) for valid encodings.

`AF'

(str)
Change character foreground color in an ANSI conform way. This capability will almost always be set to `\E[3%dm' (`\E[3%p1%dm' on terminfo machines).

`AB'

(str)
Same as `AF', but change background color.

`AX'

(bool)
Does understand ANSI set default fg/bg color (`\E[39m / \E[49m').

`XC'

(str)
Describe a translation of characters to strings depending on the current font. (see section 16.8 Character Translation).

`XT'

(bool)
Terminal understands special xterm sequences (OSC, mouse tracking).

`C8'

(bool)
Terminal needs bold to display high-intensity colors (e.g. Eterm).

`TF'

(bool)
Add missing capabilities to the termcap/info entry. (Set by default).