https://github.com/mtmiller/fix-term-env

automatically adjust TERM to support more or less colors
https://github.com/mtmiller/fix-term-env

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automatically adjust TERM to support more or less colors

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mtmiller/fix-term-env
• Owner: mtmiller
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2010-10-14T20:37:50.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-10-20T11:33:19.000Z (about 14 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-03-11T05:49:07.021Z (almost 2 years ago)
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• Size: 102 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README
  • License: COPYING

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The purpose of fix-term-env is to adjust the TERM environment variable, in

particular with respect to the color depth supported, based on other

environment variables, compatibility with the terminfo database, and any

other clues that can be automatically derived from the system without user

interaction.

To use, simply install fix-term-env somewhere in your PATH and add something

like the following to your ~/.bashrc:

    eval `fix-term-env`

The main motivation is the well-known problem of how best to get 256-color

support from within GNOME Terminal, with the added constraint of detecting

older versions and falling back to a lesser color depth.

A secondary requirement is the ability to demote the color depth based on

the terminfo definitions available on the current system.  This allows, for

example, an ssh session in a 256-color-capable terminal to a machine with an

older terminfo database to automatically reduce the number of colors until

an acceptable terminal setting is found.

http://github.com/mtmiller/fix-term-env

Acknowledgements

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* http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/256_colors_in_vim

* gnome-terminal source: git://git.gnome.org/gnome-terminal

* vte source: git://git.gnome.org/vte