# term command

The term BASIC program changes or displays the current
terminal and printer output characteristics for the current line.

**Synonyms:** set-term

## Syntax

```
term tw,td,ls,ld,fd,bs,pw,pd,tt {(options)}
term tt {(options)}
```

## Parameter(s)

| tw | Terminal width or the number of print positions per line on the terminal. It must be between 10 and 140. Although most terminals are capable of printing 80 characters per line, the typical setting is 79 to avoid problems with carriage return/line feeds when displaying at the 80th position. | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| td | Terminal depth, in lines. | |
| ls | Line skip is the number of blank lines at the bottom of the screen. The value in td is added to the value in ls and must equal the actual number of lines on the terminal. | |
| ld | Linefeed delays is the number of null characters to output after each line feed. This is typically set to 0. | |
| fd | Form feed delays is the number of null characters to output after a top-of-form is executed. The fd parameter also determines when to eject a page (or clear the screen) between output pages. These settings are valid: | |
| 0 | Suppresses page ejects between output pages on both the terminal and the printer. If set to 0, pads with an LF. | |
| 1 | Suppresses page ejects on the terminal only. If set to 1, pads with a CRLF. | |
| 2 | (Normal mode) Any value of two or more clears the screen (or ejects a page on the printer), and sends the corresponding number of nulls. | |
| bs | Backspace key value is the decimal value of the ASCII character to echo to the terminal when the BACKSPACE key is pressed. This is typically set to 8 or 21. | |
| pw | Current printer width or the number of print positions per line on printer output. | |
| pd | Printer depth or the number of lines per page on printer output. | |
| tt | Terminal type code designates the terminal driver to use and is vital to set prior to invoking any process, which attempts to perform any kind of cursor control, such as the Update processor, FlashBASIC, or PROC. | |
| options | c | Recompiles the terminal definition from the source. |
| h | Sets high-intensity. | |
| k | Sets the input/output terminal translation table. The name of table is defined in the fourth value of the attribute 1 of the devices item. The name of the translation table is the item-ID of an item in the keyboards file. | |
| r | Redisplays resulting term parameters after changing. | |
Any parameter can be left intact by entering a null (two
consecutive commas). The only exception to this rule is the tt (terminal type) parameter, which defines the terminal
name. The system recognizes terminal names, so the name may be entered
first or last.

The terminal type parameter can be specified
without any other arguments, or in any position of the argument list,
since it is the only nonnumeric argument.

The terminal driver
definitions are located in the dm,devices, file.
To obtain a listing of the available types, type:

```
sort only dm,devices,
```
Terminal types in D3 use descriptive names, rather than
just a single alphabetical character.

Note: To flash compile the term command, the C-compiler is required.

## Example(s)

Changes the terminal width and
depth only.

```
term 79,24
```
Changes the terminal depth only.

```
term ,24
```
Changes the printer width and depth only, and displays
the resulting changes.

```
term ,,,,,,132,62 (r

terminal name: wy-50
product name: WYSE 50
terminal width: 132 printer width: 132
depth: 82 depth: 62
lineskip: 0
lf delay: 1
ff delay: 1
back space: 8
```
Changes the terminal type only.

```
term wy-50
```
Changes the terminal type and compiles the terminal definition
from the devices file.

```
term wy-50 (c
```
Sets the terminal type to ibm3151 and activates the keyboard
translation associated to this terminal.

```
term ibm3151 (k
```

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Source: https://d3codex.com/tcl/term-command/ - part of the D3Codex reference.