
	      Q T E R M  -  Q U E R Y   T E R M I N A L

			     Version 6.0

			  Michael A. Cooper
		    University Computing Services
		  University of Southern California
			   mcooper@usc.edu

GENERAL

Qterm is a program that queries terminals to find out what kind of
terminal is responding.  It is useful to automagically define your
terminal type.  It prints the name of the terminal (compatible,
hopefully, with a termcap/terminfo name) such as "vt100" to standard
output.  See the manual for details.

The major changes between version 6.0 and 5.0 include support for
finding the real name of a terminal by using multiple queries, support
for POSIX compliant systems, and a major code cleanup.  The format of
qtermtab has changed to support the multiple queries code as well as
future additions.  The old style qtermtab file is still supported.
See the ChangeLog file for more details.

PLATFORMS

Qterm should run on most 4.X BSD and System V based operating systems.
It is known to run on the following platforms:

	HARDWARE		OPERATING SYSTEM
	Alliant FX/80, FX/2800	Concentrix 3.X, 5.X
	DEC MIPS		Ultrix 4.2
	HP9000 3x0, 4x0, 7x0	HP-UX 8.1, 9.0
	IBM RS6000		AIX 3.2
	NeXT			NeXTStep 2.1
	Sun-3, Sun-4, Sun386i	SunOS 4.0.3, 4.1.X, 5.X

If you have Internet access, the latest and greatest version of qterm
is available from "usc.edu" via anonymous ftp in the file
"/pub/qterm/qterm.tar.z".  I update this file whenever there are any
changes, so it's bound to be newer than a copy from any other source.

INSTALLATION

1) Edit "Makefile" and change the definetions for DIR, BIN, MAN,
   and TABFILE as appropriate for your site.

2) Run the appropriate make command for your system as documented 
   at the top of "Makefile".  Running "make" should work on most
   4.X BSD systems.

3) Run "make install install.man" to install everything.

RCS INFO

	$Id: README,v 6.1 1993/03/30 23:00:16 mcooper Exp mcooper $
