The following entries must be present for the Micro Focus COBOL system to operate correctly. Entries marked with an asterisk (*) should be set appropriately for the type of terminal.
| Entry | Mnemonic |
|---|---|
| Clear to end of line | el |
| Clear screen | clear |
| Clear to end of screen | ed |
| Cursor address (row, column) | cup |
| Cursor down | cud1 |
| Cursor home | home |
| Cursor left | cub1 |
| Cursor right | cuf1 |
| Cursor up | cuu1 |
| Eat newline glitch * | xenl |
| Entries for cursor keys | kcud1, kcub1, kcuf1, kcuu1 |
| Entries for function keys f1 to f63 * | kf1 to kf63 |
| Entries for home, next page, previous page, end, backtab, insert, delete and clear-to-end-of-field keys * | khome, knp, kpp, kend, kcbt, kich1, kdch1, kel |
| Exit attribute mode | sgr0 |
| Number of columns ** | cols |
| Number of lines ** | lines |
| Xon/xoff * | xon |
** The number of lines and columns will be read dynamically if using an X terminal, or can be overridden using the environment variables LINES and COLUMNS. See the appendix Environment Variables for details.