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NAME

       tsm - Terminal Session Manager

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

       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 and (see stty(1) and ioctl(2)).  Additionally 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 if it is being displayed and is the recipient of keyboard input.

       The is:

       Configuration files and such are searched for in the order indicated and defined by these paths.

   Commands
       There are two methods of interacting with a pull-down menu, and a command line interface.  The pull-down  menu  (when  configured)  can	be
       activated from a session by pressing the (default is and should be self explanatory.  The command line interface can be activated by press-
       ing the (default is in a session.  Pressing a "hot key" twice passes the "hot key" character to the session instead of  activating  command
       or menu mode.

       Commands  to  generally have single character invocation, in some cases the user is prompted for more input.  The following commands can be
       issued from the prompt level:

	      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.

	      Select the last session.

	      Display a help screen describing
		      commands.

	      Copy (cut): Three types:

			   o  Text (Lines including new-lines).  This is the default.  Select with when cut prompt is displayed.

			   o  String (Lines strung together with white space in place of new-lines).  Select with when cut prompt is displayed.

			   o  Block (A rectangle).  Select with when cut prompt is displayed.

		      The user is prompted for the "cut extents".  The extents are defined by using arrow keys or the keys and to move the  cursor
		      as  desired.   Pressing  the space bar aborts the cut operation.	The selected text is placed in the Trailing whitespace and
		      character attribute information are ignored.

	      Paste: the contents of the
		      is echoed to the current session as if it were typed from the keyboard.

	      Run a program as a new session.
		      The user is prompted for the program name.

	      Start a new session containing a shell.

	      Output the current display to a printer (screen dump).
		      The print mechanism is specified in a file named searched for in the  standard  way.   Character	attribute  information	is
		      ignored.

	      Load the softkeys of the current session from a file.
		      To load defaults, specify "file" To load terminal defaults, specify "file"

	      Same as above but softkeys are loaded "globally" into all sessions.

	      Access extended
		      commands as described in the reference manual or on the help screen.

	      Quit    is sent to all processes started under and exits.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

       In  general  environment  variables must be set prior to invocation.  is the lp(1) name of a printer that gets its output redirected to the
       printer port of the terminal.

       specifies an alternate search path for tsm files.

       specifies an alternate terminal information file to be used by instead of that specified by specifies an alternate hotkey for invocation ot
       the command line.

WARNINGS

       Some operations are not supported on certain terminals.

       does not support long user and group names on the current release, HP-UX 11i V3.

AUTHOR

       was developed by Structured Software Solutions, Inc.

FILES

       main configuration file (default).
				 Copy to for user customization.

       softkey configuration file (default).
				 Copy to for user customization.

       terminal description files

SEE ALSO

       shl(1), tsm.info(1), tsm.command(1), tsm.lpadmin(1M).

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