On 07Dec2016 10:34, Alex <mysqlstudent@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
How do I either add the new terminal type to the remote system, or
change my terminal type locally so it corresponds with one that's
available on the remote system?
# echo $TERM
screen.xterm-256color
I should have added that I'm aware that I can just change the terminal
type by just changing the TERM environment variable to something like
vt100 or xterm (export TERM=vt100), but I'm looking for the real
solution here to take full advantage of the screen.xterm-256color
terminal type on the remote system.
As you say the quick hack is to use another name. I use "xterm-256color" for
iTerms.
However, you can just keep a personal copy of the terminfo file for your
terminal; copy your local system's one to your remote system. I keep personal
copies of a few things, and have this in my shell startup:
# Make sure we have a useful definition.
unset TERMCAP TERMINFO
case "$TERM" in
e-adm3a|e-adm3a-fi|xterm*|trs80*|qvt311gx|amiga|amiga-fterm)
[ -r $HOME/rc/term/cap ] && { TERMCAP=$HOME/rc/term/cap; export TERMCAP; }
[ -d $HOME/rc/term/info ] && { TERMINFO=$HOME/rc/term/info; export TERMINFO; }
;;
esac
The terminfo directory has a subdir for each terminal's leading letter, with
the file inside that. See terminfo(5).
Cheers,
Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
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