Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Christian Ebert
* Eyolf Østrem on Friday, September 07, 2007 at 21:24:27 +0200 > On 07.09.2007 (20:59), Christian Ebert wrote: >> Here "term term-256color" in screenrc works > > Just to make sure: do you mean "term screen-256color"? or ... > >> and in screenrc: >> >> term "screen-256color" > > ...? or ... !

Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2007-09-07, Eyolf strem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First of all: thanks for your reply - here, and to the previous post. > Much helpful. I will have to read up on terminfo, I can tell... > And test some settings. Phew... You're welcome. Sometimes these issues have easy answers and sometimes

Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Eyolf Østrem
On 07.09.2007 (20:59), Christian Ebert wrote: > Here "term term-256color" in screenrc works Just to make sure: do you mean "term screen-256color"? or ... > and in screenrc: > > term "screen-256color" ...? Eyolf -- Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn't have mu

Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Christian Ebert
* Eyolf Østrem on Friday, September 07, 2007 at 19:58:29 +0200 > Does this mean that I could make a terminfo entry called, say, > 'my-screen-in-xterm', based on that for xterm-256color, and set that > in .screenrc? That would tell screen exactly which capabilities the > terminal has, wouldn't it? B

Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Eyolf Østrem
First of all: thanks for your reply - here, and to the previous post. Much helpful. I will have to read up on terminfo, I can tell... And test some settings. Phew... On 07.09.2007 (10:10), Gary Johnson wrote: > When using screen, however, the > application is communicating with your terminal thr

Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2007-09-07, Eyolf strem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where and how should I set the TERM variable? The terminal itself should set this. It puts this variable in the environment of any subprocesses it spawns so that the application and/or the curses library used by the application knows, by m

Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Eyolf Østrem
On 07.09.2007 (16:45), Kai Grossjohann wrote: > > But this depends on whether ~/.Xdefaults is read in your environment... It is. > To specify $TERM for screen, you can specify -t or -T on the command > line (forget which), or "term foo" or so in ~/.screenrc. > > I lost track of what you already

Re: Terminfo settings et al

2007-09-07 Thread Kai Grossjohann
On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 01:05:02PM +0200, Eyolf Østrem wrote: > Where and how should I set the TERM variable? I guess there are five > possible levels here: environment/shell, Xterm, Screen, ncurses, and > application. > My distro's wiki (Archlinux) says that it's a bad idea to set the TERM > var

Terminfo settings et al. (was: Subject üî)

2007-09-07 Thread Eyolf Østrem
It seems to me that my own problems are related to this thread, so I'll chime in here (with a "Was:..." change of the subject line). I've found some really useful information, both in the reply to my intial mail a few days back, and in this thread, but my attempts at changing things here and there