NAME
tsm — Terminal Session Manager
DESCRIPTION
tsm
allows a user to interact with more than one shell or application
(session) from a single terminal.
Each session is bound to a virtual device emulating the physical terminal.
The emulation includes maintaining display state,
softkeys, and terminal modes for each session.
The virtual device can be manipulated
like the actual terminal by using
stty
and
ioctl
(see
stty(1)
and
ioctl(2)).
Additionally
tsm
supports cut and paste between sessions,
and provides an interface for a local lp device.
Each session has its own process group
ID.
Definitions
A session is
current
if it is being displayed
and is the recipient of keyboard input.
The
standard search path
is:
./
$HOME
$TSMPATH
/usr/tsm/
Configuration files and such are searched for
in the order indicated and defined by these paths.
Commands
There are two methods of interacting with
tsm:
a pull-down menu, and a command line interface.
The pull-down menu (when configured)
can be activated from a session by pressing the
tsm menu hot key
(default is
^T)
and should be self explanatory.
The command line interface can be activated
by pressing the
tsm hot key
(default is
^W)
in a session.
Pressing a "hot key" twice
passes the "hot key" character
to the session instead of activating
tsm
command or menu mode.
Commands to
tsm
generally have single character invocation,
in some cases the user is prompted for more input.
The following commands can be issued from the
tsm
prompt level:
- 0-9
Pressing a number at the command prompt selects the session
of the same number to become the current session.
- +
Select the next higher numbered session.
- -
Select the next lower numbered session.
- l
Select the last session.
- ?
Display a help screen describing
tsm
commands.
- c
Copy (cut): Three types:
Text (Lines including new-lines).
This is the default.
Select with
T
when cut prompt is displayed.
String (Lines strung together with white space in place of new-lines).
Select with
T
when cut prompt is displayed.
Block (A rectangle).
Select with
T
when cut prompt is displayed.
The user is prompted for the "cut extents".
The extents are defined by using arrow keys or the keys
u,
d,
l,
and
r
to move the cursor as desired.
Pressing the space bar aborts the cut operation.
The selected text is placed in the
cut buffer.
Trailing whitespace and character attribute information are ignored.
- p
Paste: the contents of the
cut buffer
is echoed to the current session
as if it were typed from the keyboard.
- r
Run a program as a new session.
The user is prompted for the program name.
- s
Start a new session containing a shell.
- o
Output the current display to a printer (screen dump).
The print mechanism is specified in a file named
.tsmprint
searched for in the standard way.
Character attribute information is ignored.
- k
Load the softkeys of the current session from a file.
To load
tsm
defaults, specify "file"
+.
To load terminal defaults, specify "file"
-.
- g
Same as
k
above but softkeys are loaded "globally" into all sessions.
- x
Access extended
tsm
commands as described in the
tsm
reference manual or on the
tsm
help screen.
- q
Quit
tsm:
SIGHUP
is sent to all processes started under
tsm,
and
tsm
exits.
EXTERNAL INFLUENCES
In general
tsm
environment variables must be set prior to
tsm
invocation.
TSMLP
is the
lp(1)
name of a printer that gets its output redirected to
the printer port of the terminal.
TSMTPATH
specifies an alternate search path for tsm files.
TSMTERM
specifies an alternate terminal information file to be used by
tsm
instead of that specified by
TERM.
TSMHOTKEY
specifies an alternate
tsm
hotkey for invocation ot the
tsm
command line.
WARNINGS
Some operations are not supported on certain terminals.
tsm
does not support long user and group names on the current release,
HP-UX 11i V3.
AUTHOR
tsm
was developed by Structured Software Solutions, Inc.
FILES
- /usr/tsm/.tsm
tsm
main configuration file (default).
Copy to
$HOME
for user customization.
- /usr/tsm/.tsmkeys
tsm
softkey configuration file (default).
Copy to
$HOME
for user customization.
- /usr/tsm/term/*
terminal description files
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