Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 14:58:42 GMT From: Sterling (Chip) Camden <sterling@camdensoftware.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/147726: termcap needs an entry for rxvt-256color Message-ID: <201006091458.o59Ewg22067798@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201006091500.o59F0F9U072431@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 147726
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: termcap needs an entry for rxvt-256color
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
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>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 09 15:00:15 UTC 2010
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Sterling (Chip) Camden
>Release: 8.1-PRERELEASE
>Organization:
Camden Software Consulting
>Environment:
FreeBSD libertas.local.camdensoftware.com 8.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 8.1-PRERELEASE #0: Tue Jun 8 13:58:12 PDT 2010 sterling@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64
>Description:
Terminfo include a definition for rxvt-256colors, but termcap does not. This prevents zsh and mutt (and probably others) from using that terminal definition. These utilities complain when TERM is set to rxvt-256colors, even though they apparently use terminfo instead of termcap.
>How-To-Repeat:
In zsh,
export TERM=rxvt-256colors
(reproduced if zsh complains that it can't find the terminal definition.
Now start mutt -- reproduced if it will not start, complaining about the missing terminal definition.
>Fix:
I added the following to /etc/termcap to fix the symptoms:
rxvt-256color|rxvt terminal emulator with 256 colors:\
:Co#256:AF=\E[38;5;%dm:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:tc=rxvt:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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