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Terminfo is a database of terminal capabilities use by applications that require information about the terminal's features.

Terminfo is a data base describing terminals, used by screen-oriented programs such as nvi(1) and rogue(1).

Terminfo describes terminals by giving a set of capabilities which they have, by specifying how to perform screen operations, and by specifying padding requirements and initialization sequences.

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Features obligatory for TERM=dumb terminal

I am looking to implement a remote client in golang which connects to Linux through nc and starts bash. So I need to tell bash what features I can parse from the stdout that it sends to me, and how I am going to send keycodes and other stuff to its…
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Using Alt-left/right to switch between windows in tmux

I am trying to configure tmux to switch between windows using alt-left, alt-right sequences. This is what I have in my .tmux.conf bind-key -n M-Left previous-window bind-key -n M-Right next-window Unfortunately, it doesn't work. On my machine,…
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ACS characters not working in putty even with export NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=1

I am developing an ncurses application myself in C. The problem is that putty displays alternative character set characters like ACS_VLINE as letters. My locale is LANG=en_US.UTF-8 and I have set export NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS=1 I have also set putty…
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Writing my own shell: How implement command history?

As an exercise in understanding my computer better, and as a tool, I'm writing my own shell in C++. Stephen Brennan's article on writing a simple shell was very helpful. However, what has me flummoxed is how to handle pressing up-arrow and…
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how to clear the screen after exit vim

Sometimes vim will leave something, i.e. press any key to continue, on the terminal and is there any way to return to a clear terminal after exiting vim? I am new to vim and please tell me exactly what I should do. Sorry I did not express my idea…
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How to install a terminfo entry (eterm-color from Emacs)?

I want to run GNU Screen from within an Emacs term-mode buffer. When I try to do this I get an error: $ screen Cannot find terminfo entry for 'eterm-color'. This error suggests that I should install the eterm-color terminfo entry. I attempted to do…
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How to set custom search paths for the terminfo database when building ncurses from source

How do I set custom search paths for the terminfo database when building ncurses from source? To be more specific, how do I force the primary directory to be searched in '~/.terminfo'?
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Emacs garbled screen on SLURM interactive node

When I remotely login a SLURM interactive node, emacs will sometimes garble the screen. As I describe below, I think the issue is that the SLURM interactive node is messing up the Enquiry/acknowledgment terminal signals and some characters are…
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Why is terminfo[kcuu1] = '\EOA'?

From what I can tell reading terminfo(5), kcuu1 should be the sequence that the terminal sends when the up arrow is pressed. I have never, ever seen that be anything other than ^[[A (speaking now about cat, messed up terminal settings, etc). So,…
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Terminfo smkx and Application Cursor Keys vs Application keypad

XTerm Control Sequences specifies the following key sequences: CSI ? 1 h → Application Cursor Keys (DECCKM) CSI ? 1 l → Normal Cursor Mode (DECOM) CSI ? 66 h → Application keypad (DECNKM) CSI ? 66 l → Numeric keypad (DECNKM) and the Terminfo…
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How to implement proper mouse support in a terminal / terminfo entry?

I've implemented a terminal emulator and a corresponding terminfo entry that allows me to run ncurses programs like emacs, mc (midnight commander) or tig (git browser). I want to add mouse support to the terminal, most notably to position the cursor…
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Why is there both setf/setb and setaf/setab in tput?

I'm trying to use tput to set foreground and background colors in my terminal in a device independent way. If the whole purpose of termcap/terminfo/tput is to become device independent, why are there both versions that explicitly use ANSI controls…
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Terminal color using terminfo?

I am writing a C++ class permitting the usage of color in terminal. I want it works on every terminal : printing with true color (24 bits) on terminals that supports it, with 256 color (6x6x6) on terminals that supports it, else with the basic 16…
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How to get control characters for Ctrl+Left from terminfo in Zsh

I'm using terminfo to find out what they control sequence is for the Left (Right, ...) key in my terminal, so that I can then map it to something useful (move left) in my zshrc like this: typeset -A key left=${terminfo[kcub1]} bindkey "$left"…
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How can a shell script tell if it is running in an xterm window with 256-color support?

I'm writing a shell script that I would like to use 256-color support when present. In a just world, xterm would simply set the TERM environment variable to xterm-256color and I'd use tput colors to discover the support. But we live in an unjust…
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