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| author | user <user@clank> | 2026-09-02 16:24:41 +0200 |
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| committer | user <user@clank> | 2026-09-02 16:24:41 +0200 |
| commit | c58a875ef3bcb464cdbea72bdbd0a874b6f93729 (patch) | |
| tree | f2000cae2b8ca1f110f344080dde1d70114b15ea /docs | |
| parent | slosh --install-terminfo: the binary carries its own terminfo entry (diff) | |
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pty: install the terminfo entry implicitly when it is missing everywhere
The lookup miss now writes the embedded entry to ~/.terminfo and
uses it, so a bare box gets the full TERM with no step at all. An
entry that exists anywhere is respected -- possibly newer, certainly
somebody's -- and a HOME that cannot be written leaves the
xterm-256color fallback standing. --install-terminfo stays as the
by-hand spelling; the writer moved to pty.c where the panes are.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/slosh.1 | 27 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/docs/slosh.1 b/docs/slosh.1 index cce0b64..6436f6a 100644 --- a/docs/slosh.1 +++ b/docs/slosh.1 @@ -152,12 +152,9 @@ Write the .B xterm-ghostty terminfo entry the binary carries into .I ~/.terminfo -(no root, no package), so panes on a machine without ghostty's entry -get the full -.B TERM -instead of the -.B xterm-256color -fallback. +(no root, no package). +Sessions do this on their own when the entry is missing everywhere; the +flag is the by-hand spelling, for provisioning and for saying so. See ENVIRONMENT. .TP .BI \-\-server\ name @@ -364,14 +361,16 @@ Set in every pane: .TP .B TERM .B xterm-ghostty -when the machine's terminfo database has the entry (it ships with ghostty), -.B xterm-256color -when it does not: an entry curses cannot find makes editors exit on -the spot and backspace guess. -.B slosh \-\-install\-terminfo -puts the real entry in -.IR ~/.terminfo ; -new sessions then use it. +\(en found in the machine's terminfo database, or, when it is missing +everywhere, installed into +.I ~/.terminfo +from the copy the binary carries (an entry curses cannot find makes +editors exit on the spot and backspace guess). +Only when even that write fails (no +.BR $HOME , +read-only) do panes get +.BR xterm-256color , +and everything still works. .TP .B SLOSH .B 1 |