---
name: "terms"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "xtermset"
version: "0.5.2-7"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/terms"
---

# terms(5)

database of blessed terminals for xtermset.

## NAME

terms - database of blessed terminals for xtermset.

## DESCRIPTION

The terms database is a file whichs tells xtermset which terminals are controllable.

**terms** is usually located in  */usr/share/xtermset* and it is an ASCII file. A blessed terminal is described in one line.

There are several modifiers which affect the way how xtermset interprets the **TERM** variable.

**^\<term-name\>** tells xtermset that  **$TERM** should begin with *\<term-name\>*

**\<term-name\>$** tells xtermset that **$TERM** should begin with *\<term-name\>*

**\<term-name\>** tells xtermset that **$TERM** must contain *\<term-name\>*

You can combine the *^* and the *$* options to create an exact match for **$TERM**