tmux osx italics #377

pdoak · 2016-04-18T18:35:18Z

tmux: v2.1
osx: 10.11.4
iTerm2: vBuild 2.9.20160416-nightly

I am trying to get italics and bold to work properly in tmux with nvim. I can get it to work in iTerm with nvim. In iTerm, I created a file called xterm-256color-italics.terminfo with the following contents:

# Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /Users/xxx/.terminfo/78/xterm-256color-italic xterm-256color-italic|xterm with 256 colors and italic, am, bce, ccc, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl, colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#32767, acsc=``aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~, bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l, clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M, csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H, cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C, cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A, cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM, dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K, flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG, ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS, initc=\E]4;%p1%d;rgb\:%p2%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\E\\, invis=\E[8m, is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~, kEND=\E[1;2F, kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D, kNXT=\E[6;2~, kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE, kbs=\177, kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC, kcuu1=\EOA, kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP, kf10=\E[21~, kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P, kf14=\E[1;2Q, kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~, kf18=\E[17;2~, kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~, kf21=\E[20;2~, kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~, kf24=\E[24;2~, kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R, kf28=\E[1;5S, kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~, kf31=\E[18;5~, kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~, kf34=\E[21;5~, kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~, kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q, kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS, kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~, kf42=\E[17;6~, kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~, kf45=\E[20;6~, kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~, kf48=\E[24;6~, kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q, kf51=\E[1;3R, kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~, kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~, kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~, kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~, kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~, kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~, kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, op=\E[39;49m, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rin=\E[%p1%dT, ritm=\E[23m, rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l, rmcup=\E[?1049l, rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7, setab=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t4%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t10%p1%{8}%-%d%e48;5;%p1%d%;m, setaf=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t3%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t9%p1%{8}%-%d%e38;5;%p1%d%;m, sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m, sgr0=\E(B\E[m, sitm=\E[3m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h, smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=, smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,

I then did tic xterm-256color-italics.terminfo and ensured that this file was selected in iTerm preferences within terminal emulation/Report Terminal Type. Having done this, iTerm correctly displays italics and bold fonts. Within iTerm, echo $TERM returns xterm-256color-italics

I then created another file called screen-256color-italic.terminfo but changed the word xterm to screen and executed tic screen-256color-italic.terminfo. In my tmux.conf file, I have the following line:
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color-italic". In a tmux session, echo $TERM returns screen-256color-italics as expected. However, bold works but italics appear normal text but with a grey background with black text.

In iTerm, infocmp produces this:
`

Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /Users/xxx/.terminfo/78/xterm-256color-italic

xterm-256color-italic|xterm with 256 colors and italic,
am, bce, ccc, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#32767,
acsc=``aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,
clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M,
csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,
dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,
flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,
ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L,
ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS,
initc=\E]4;%p1%d;rgb:%p2%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\E\,
invis=\E[8m, is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~,
kEND=\E[1;2F, kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D,
kNXT=\E[6;2~, kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE,
kbs=\177, kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC,
kcuu1=\EOA, kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP,
kf10=\E[21~, kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P,
kf14=\E[1;2Q, kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~,
kf18=\E[17;2~, kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~,
kf21=\E[20;2~, kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~,
kf24=\E[24;2~, kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R,
kf28=\E[1;5S, kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~,
kf31=\E[18;5~, kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~,
kf34=\E[21;5~, kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~,
kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q, kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS,
kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~, kf42=\E[17;6~,
kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~, kf45=\E[20;6~,
kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~, kf48=\E[24;6~,
kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q, kf51=\E[1;3R,
kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~,
kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~,
kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~,
kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~,
kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~,
kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,
kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, op=\E[39;49m,
rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rin=\E[%p1%dT, ritm=\E[23m,
rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l, rmcup=\E[?1049l, rmir=\E[4l,
rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m,
rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,
setab=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t4%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t10%p1%{8}%-%d%e48;5;%p1%d%;m,
setaf=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t3%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t9%p1%{8}%-%d%e38;5;%p1%d%;m,
sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
sgr0=\E(B\E[m, sitm=\E[3m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h,
smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=,
smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c,
vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,
`

In iTerm, in a tmux session infocmp produces this:
`

Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /Users/xxx/.terminfo/73/screen-256color-italic

screen-256color-italic|screen with 256 colors and italic,
am, bce, ccc, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, ncv#3, pairs#32767,
acsc=``aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,
clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M,
csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,
dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,
enacs=\E(B\E)0, flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H,
hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG, ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@,
il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS,
initc=\E]4;%p1%d;rgb:%p2%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\E\,
invis=\E[8m, is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~,
kEND=\E[1;2F, kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D,
kNXT=\E[6;2~, kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE,
kbs=\177, kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC,
kcuu1=\EOA, kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP,
kf10=\E[21~, kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P,
kf14=\E[1;2Q, kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~,
kf18=\E[17;2~, kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~,
kf21=\E[20;2~, kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~,
kf24=\E[24;2~, kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R,
kf28=\E[1;5S, kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~,
kf31=\E[18;5~, kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~,
kf34=\E[21;5~, kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~,
kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q, kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS,
kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~, kf42=\E[17;6~,
kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~, kf45=\E[20;6~,
kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~, kf48=\E[24;6~,
kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q, kf51=\E[1;3R,
kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~,
kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~,
kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~,
kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~,
kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~,
kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,
kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, nel=\EE,
op=\E[39;49m, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rin=\E[%p1%dT,
ritm=\E[23m, rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l, rmcup=\E[?1049l,
rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m,
rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,
setab=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t4%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t10%p1%{8}%-%d%e48;5;%p1%d%;m,
setaf=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t3%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t9%p1%{8}%-%d%e38;5;%p1%d%;m,
sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
sgr0=\E(B\E[m, sitm=\E[3m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h,
smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=,
smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c,
vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,
`

Although both files were created from the same .terminfo file apart form changing xterm to screen, there is a difference, nel=\EE term has been added to the tmux infocmp listing. I am not sure whether that is the problem but would appreciate it if someone can help me resolve the issue.

The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:

nicm · 2016-04-18T18:39:28Z

You should not use an xterm terminfo inside tmux at all, even if you rename
it to screen.
On 18 Apr 2016 8:35 p.m., "pdoak" notifications@github.com wrote:

tmux: v2.1
osx: 10.11.4
iTerm2: vBuild 2.9.20160416-nightly

I am trying to get italics and bold to work properly in tmux with nvim. I
can get it to work in iTerm with nvim. In iTerm, I created a file called
xterm-256color-italics.terminfo with the following contents:

Reconstructed via infocmp from file:

/Users/xxx/.terminfo/78/xterm-256color-italic
xterm-256color-italic|xterm with 256 colors and italic,
am, bce, ccc, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#32767,
acsc=aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,
clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M,
csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,
dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,
flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,
ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L,
ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS,

initc=\E]4;%p1%d;rgb:%p2%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\E,
invis=\E[8m, is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~,
kEND=\E[1;2F, kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D,
kNXT=\E[6;2~, kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE, kbs=\177,
kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC, kcuu1=\EOA,
kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP, kf10=\E[21~,
kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P, kf14=\E[1;2Q,
kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~, kf18=\E[17;2~,
kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~, kf21=\E[20;2~,
kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~, kf24=\E[24;2~,
kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R, kf28=\E[1;5S,
kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~, kf31=\E[18;5~,
kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~, kf34=\E[21;5~,
kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~, kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q,
kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS, kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~,
kf42=\E[17;6~, kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~,
kf45=\E[20;6~, kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~,
kf48=\E[24;6~, kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q,
kf51=\E[1;3R, kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~,
kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~,
kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~,
kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~,
kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~,
kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,
kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, op=\E[39;49m,
rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rin=\E[%p1%dT, ritm=\E[23m,
rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l, rmcup=\E[?1049l, rmir=\E[4l,
rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m,
rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,
setab=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t4%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t10%p1%{8}%-%d%e48;5;%p1%d%;m,
setaf=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t3%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t9%p1%{8}%-%d%e38;5;%p1%d%;m,

sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
sgr0=\E(B\E[m, sitm=\E[3m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h,
smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=,
smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c,
vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,

I then did tic xterm-256color-italics.terminfo and ensured that this file
was selected in iTerm preferences within terminal emulation/Report
Terminal Type. Having done this, iTerm correctly displays italics and
bold fonts. Within iTerm, echo $TERM returns xterm-256color-italics

I then created another file called screen-256color-italic.terminfo but
changed the word xterm to screen and executed tic
screen-256color-italic.terminfo. In my tmux.conf file, I have the
following line:
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color-italic". In a tmux session, echo
$TERM returns screen-256color-italics as expected. However, bold works
but italics appear normal text but with a grey background with black text.

In iTerm, infocmp produces this:
`
Reconstructed via infocmp from file:
/Users/xxx/.terminfo/78/xterm-256color-italic

xterm-256color-italic|xterm with 256 colors and italic,
am, bce, ccc, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#32767,
acsc=`aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,
clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M,
csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,
dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,
flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG,
ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L,
ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS,

initc=\E]4;%p1%d;rgb:%p2%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\E,
invis=\E[8m, is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~,
kEND=\E[1;2F, kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D,
kNXT=\E[6;2~, kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE,
kbs=\177, kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC,
kcuu1=\EOA, kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP,
kf10=\E[21~, kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P,
kf14=\E[1;2Q, kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~,
kf18=\E[17;2~, kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~,
kf21=\E[20;2~, kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~,
kf24=\E[24;2~, kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R,
kf28=\E[1;5S, kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~,
kf31=\E[18;5~, kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~,
kf34=\E[21;5~, kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~,
kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q, kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS,
kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~, kf42=\E[17;6~,
kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~, kf45=\E[20;6~,
kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~, kf48=\E[24;6~,
kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q, kf51=\E[1;3R,
kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~,
kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~,
kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~,
kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~,
kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~,
kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,
kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, op=\E[39;49m,
rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rin=\E[%p1%dT, ritm=\E[23m,
rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l, rmcup=\E[?1049l, rmir=\E[4l,
rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m,
rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,
setab=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t4%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t10%p1%{8}%-%d%e48;5;%p1%d%;m,
setaf=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t3%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t9%p1%{8}%-%d%e38;5;%p1%d%;m,

sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
sgr0=\E(B\E[m, sitm=\E[3m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h,
smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=,
smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c,
vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,

In iTerm, in a tmux session infocmp produces this:
`
Reconstructed via infocmp from file:
/Users/xxx/.terminfo/73/screen-256color-italic

screen-256color-italic|screen with 256 colors and italic,
am, bce, ccc, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, ncv#3, pairs#32767,
acsc=`aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,
clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=^M,
csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dl=\E[%p1%dM,
dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K,
enacs=\E(B\E)0, flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H,
hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG, ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@,
il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=^J, indn=\E[%p1%dS,

initc=\E]4;%p1%d;rgb:%p2%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\E,
invis=\E[8m, is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~,
kEND=\E[1;2F, kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D,
kNXT=\E[6;2~, kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, kb2=\EOE,
kbs=\177, kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC,
kcuu1=\EOA, kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP,
kf10=\E[21~, kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P,
kf14=\E[1;2Q, kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~,
kf18=\E[17;2~, kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~,
kf21=\E[20;2~, kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~,
kf24=\E[24;2~, kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R,
kf28=\E[1;5S, kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~,
kf31=\E[18;5~, kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~,
kf34=\E[21;5~, kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~,
kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q, kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS,
kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~, kf42=\E[17;6~,
kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~, kf45=\E[20;6~,
kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~, kf48=\E[24;6~,
kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q, kf51=\E[1;3R,
kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~,
kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~,
kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~,
kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~,
kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~,
kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[M, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,
kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, nel=\EE,
op=\E[39;49m, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rin=\E[%p1%dT,
ritm=\E[23m, rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l, rmcup=\E[?1049l,
rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m,
rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec, rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7,
setab=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t4%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t10%p1%{8}%-%d%e48;5;%p1%d%;m,
setaf=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t3%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t9%p1%{8}%-%d%e38;5;%p1%d%;m,

sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
sgr0=\E(B\E[m, sitm=\E[3m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h,
smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=,
smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?1;2c, u9=\E[c,
vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,

Although both files were created from the same .terminfo file apart form
changing xterm to screen, there is a difference, nel=\EE term has been
added to the tmux infocmp listing. I am not sure whether that is the
problem but would appreciate it if someone can help me resolve the issue.

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pdoak · 2016-04-18T21:48:09Z

@nicm Thank you for your comment. I was following a similar solution from Alex Pearce's Blog. If that doesn't work, how should I go about getting bold and italics to work in tmux.

nicm · 2016-04-19T06:37:57Z

Modify screen or screen-256color for inside tmux.
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a similar solution from Alex Pearce's Blog
https://alexpearce.me/2014/05/italics-in-iterm2-vim-tmux/. If that
doesn't work, how should I go about getting bold and italics to work in
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pdoak · 2016-04-19T07:01:15Z

@nicm - for me to get this working, I am going to need some further explanation. Exactly , how should I modify screen256color-italic to get it working. Many thanks

nicm · 2016-04-19T07:02:48Z

How were you going to modify the xterm one?
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@nicm https://github.com/nicm - for me to get this working, I am going
to need some further explanation. Exactly , how should I modify
screen256color-italic to get it working. Many thanks

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pdoak · 2016-04-19T07:41:21Z

@nicm: I'm not sure I understand your question. I know the process of changing the contents of screen-256color-italics but I am not clear what I need to change in order to get it working. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

nicm · 2016-04-19T07:46:18Z

What tmux version?
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@nicm https://github.com/nicm: I'm not sure I understand your question.
I know the process of changing the contents of screen-256color-italics but
I am not clear what I need to change in order to get it working. Any help
would be greatly appreciated.

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pdoak · 2016-04-19T08:19:58Z

@nicm :v2.1

nicm · 2016-04-19T08:49:50Z

If you have tmux-256color terminfo entry on your system and use it then
italics should just work, otherwise you will need to modify screen-256color
as shown in the FAQ.

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pdoak · 2016-04-19T09:20:39Z

@NCIM: I have got it working. Thank you. I used my screen-256color-italic.terminfo and renamed it tmux-256color-italic.terminfo. Put it into the TERM database by using tic and added set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color" to my tmux.conf.

brentvatne · 2016-04-20T18:10:18Z

@pdoak - I'm having this same problem but don't exactly follow your solution, could you explain it further? All you did was cp screen-256color-italic.terminfo tmux-256color-italic.terminfo and then set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"? Not sure why that would work

brentvatne · 2016-04-20T18:13:28Z

Actually that worked for me 👍

Created tmux-256color.terminfo

# A tmux-256color based TERMINFO that adds the escape sequences for italic.
tmux-256color|screen with 256 colors and italic,
 sitm=\E[3m, ritm=\E[23m,
 use=screen-256color,

tic tmux-256color.terminfo
set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color" in .tmux.conf

mintty · 2016-04-26T14:07:39Z

I think there should be a more intuitive way to achieve this basic attribute transparency.
Also, why not pass through italic and also colour attributes by default (if it's an ANSI terminal)?

whnr · 2019-03-08T15:59:28Z

Just for future generations: Apparently tmux-256color came packaged with ncurses on my Arch-Linux.
I could not find out when it got there, but the info is in the FAQ as well

Check: - tmux/tmux#377 (comment) - https://alexpearce.me/2014/05/italics-in-iterm2-vim-tmux/ It basically boils down to: ```sh $ cat tmux-256color-italic.terminfo tmux-256color-italic|tmux with 256 colors and italic, sitm=\E[3m, ritm=\E[23m, use=screen-256color, $ tic tmux-256color-italic.terminfo ```

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Reconstructed via infocmp from file:

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pdoak commented Apr 18, 2016

Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /Users/xxx/.terminfo/78/xterm-256color-italic

Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /Users/xxx/.terminfo/73/screen-256color-italic

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Reconstructed via infocmp from file:

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