[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #9636: Error opening terminal: xterm-256color
- From: "bonefish" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:38:55 -0000
#9636: Error opening terminal: xterm-256color
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: siarzhuk
Type: bug | Status: closed
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Terminal | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: no change required | Keywords: xterm, nano
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by bonefish):
TBH, I don't understand why we're setting `TERM` to "xterm-256color". Back
in the day when I changed it from "beterm" or what it originally was to
"xterm" I did that exactly to avoid those compatibility issues. The whole
termcap system is broken by design and IMO we should just go the path of
the least resistance and set `TERM` to "xterm". To my knowledge that's
what pretty much every OS and distribution that matters does as well.
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/9636#comment:3>
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