Terminals (tty devices)

Use the setmaps command to set the terminal and code-set map for a given tty or pty. The setmaps file format defines the text of the code-set map file and the terminal map file.

The text of a code-set map file is a description of the code set, including the type (single byte or multibyte), the memory and screen widths (for multibyte code-sets), and the optional converter modules to push on the stream. The code set map file is located in the /usr/lib/nls/csmap directory and has the same name as the code set. For more information, see Converter Modules in General Programming Concepts: Writing and Debugging Programs.