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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1986 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)mset.1      1.3 (Berkeley) 1/11/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH MSET 1 "January 11, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 6
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: mset \- retrieve ASCII to IBM 3270 keyboard map
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B mset
        !            13: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            14: .I Mset
        !            15: retrieves mapping information
        !            16: for the ASCII keyboard to IBM 3270 terminal
        !            17: special functions.
        !            18: Normally, these mappings are found
        !            19: in
        !            20: .I /etc/map3270
        !            21: (see
        !            22: .IR map3270 (5)).
        !            23: This information is used by the
        !            24: .I tn3270
        !            25: command (see
        !            26: .IR tn3270 (1)).
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: .I Mset
        !            29: can be used store the mapping information in the process environment
        !            30: in order to avoid scanning
        !            31: .I /etc/map3270
        !            32: each time
        !            33: .I tn3270
        !            34: is invoked.
        !            35: To do this, place the following command in your
        !            36: .I .login
        !            37: file:
        !            38: .ti 5n
        !            39: .sp
        !            40:      set noglob; setenv \s-1MAP3270\s0 "\(gamset\(ga"; unset noglob
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: .I Mset
        !            43: first determines the user's terminal type from the environment variable
        !            44: .BR TERM .
        !            45: Normally
        !            46: .I mset
        !            47: then uses the file
        !            48: .I /etc/map3270
        !            49: to find the keyboard mapping for that terminal.
        !            50: However, if the environment variable
        !            51: .B MAP3270
        !            52: exists and contains the entry for the specified terminal, then that
        !            53: definition is used.
        !            54: If the value of
        !            55: .B MAP3270
        !            56: begins with a slash (`/') then it is assumed to be the full pathname
        !            57: of an alternate mapping file and that file is searched first.
        !            58: In any case, if the mapping for the terminal is not found in
        !            59: the environment, nor in an alternate map file, nor in the standard map file,
        !            60: then the same search is performed for an entry for a terminal type of
        !            61: .B unknown.
        !            62: If that search also fails,
        !            63: then a default mapping
        !            64: is used.
        !            65: .SH FILES
        !            66: /etc/map3270        keyboard mapping for known terminals
        !            67: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            68: tn3270(1), map3270(5)
        !            69: .SH BUGS
        !            70: If the entry for the specific terminal
        !            71: exceeds 1024 bytes, \fIcsh\fR(1) will fail
        !            72: to set the environment variable.
        !            73: .I Mset
        !            74: should probably
        !            75: detect this case and
        !            76: output the path to the
        !            77: .I map3270
        !            78: file
        !            79: instead of the terminal entry.

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