conf/152699: termcap needs an entry for screen-256color

Alexander Verbod AlexJ at freebsd.forum
Tue Nov 30 07:30:17 UTC 2010


>Number:         152699
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       termcap needs an entry for screen-256color
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov 30 07:30:16 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Alexander Verbod
>Release:        8.1-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD test.private.local 8.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Jul 19 02:55:53 UTC 2010     root at almeida.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

>Description:
Terminfo include a definition for screen-256color, but termcap does not.
Latest revision of termcap 1.160 in the HEAD already fixed to support xterm-256color and rxvt-256color, but screen-256color does not exist there.

To allow support for 256 color under 'tmux' or 'GNU screen'
apply attached patch:


>How-To-Repeat:
cat termcap | grep screen-256color
>Fix:
Patch against termcap.src revision 1.160 attached

Patch attached with submission follows:

*** termcap.src.orig.rev.1.160  2010-08-08 09:40:09.000000000 -0500
--- termcap.src 2010-11-30 01:22:56.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 2782,2791 ****
--- 2782,2793 ----
      :ut:tc=screen:
  SH|screen-s|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual terminal with hardstatus line:\
      :ts=\E_:fs=\E\\:ds=\E_\E\\:tc=screen:
  SW|screen-w|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual terminal with 132 cols:\
      :co#132:tc=screen:
+ screen-256color|tmux GNU/screen:\
+     :Co#256:AF=\E[38;5;%dm:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:tc=screen:
  # $XTermId: termcap,v 1.78 2009/11/09 00:24:26 tom Exp $
  #
  # Note:
  #       termcap format is limited to 1023 characters.  This set of descriptions
  #       is a subset of the terminfo, since not all features can be fit into


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