Set up the terminal
- Last Updated: February 11, 2026
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- OpenEdge
- Version 13.0
- Documentation
Use your terminal's setup mode to synchronize the terminal with
the color and key code definitions in its PROTERMCAP entry.
OpenEdge supports terminals based on definitions of their characteristics stored
in a file called the PROTERMCAP file. The PROTERMCAP file
supplied with OpenEdge has built-in definitions for many terminals.
If your terminal is not included in the PROTERMCAP file
supplied with OpenEdge, you must make modifications to that file. OpenEdge uses
the shell variable or logical PROTERMCAP to find
the PROTERMCAP file. By default, OpenEdge looks
for this file whenever you start the software in a character environment.