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Add a terminfo file declaring TrueColor support #578
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Thanks for the PR! Since you're adding a terminfo file, would you mind also including these?
It's somewhat common for |
It would be good to include an |
This just duplicates the existing entry but may be handy for programs that look for the suffix '-256color' in term names.
I've done that now. The |
Awesome, thank you! |
FWIW, just pushed an Arch package to install just the terminfo files: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/alacritty-terminfo-git/ |
I would rather keep it as xterm-256color for a couple of reasons:
At the point a user is savvy enough to install the terminfo, it's fine to require a confit change. |
Some points:
I suggest that you improve to something like (at minimum, there's probably a lot more to do):
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@jdebp if you go off xterm-basic you will also want some or all of xterm+pcfkeys, xterm+sl, xterm+tmux, ecma+strikeout, indn/rin depending what your terminal actually supports. |
@jdebp Thank you very much for that (and sorry for taking so long to comment, non-hobby-life interjected). Just to clarify, I derived from |
Alacritty supports true color (24bit) escape codes. There isn't an official terminfo entry for this (yet?) but tmux has an unofficial one: Tc
This is used by others, e.g. st