Quoth Frédéric Perrin on Monday, 13 December 2010: > Hello, > > rxvt-unicode version 9.09 was released last month. It added support for > 256 colors in the default configuration, and the default value of $TERM > changed to rxvt-unicode-256color (from rxvt-unicode). > > This results in slightly incorrect colors, and some programs like vi(1) > refuse to work. It is my understanding that I should update > /usr/share/misc/termcap. The diff between rxvt-unicode and > rxvt-unicode-256color seems rather short; on a Linux machine, I have : > > girafe:~% infocmp -d rxvt-unicode rxvt-unicode-256color > comparing rxvt-unicode to rxvt-unicode-256color. > comparing booleans. > comparing numbers. > colors: 88, 256. > pairs: 7744, 32767. > comparing strings. > > However, I don't how how to update the termcap file. From my > understanding of the manpage, the following command should give me the > necessary information : > > girafe:~% infocmp -C -u rxvt-unicode-256color rxvt-unicode > rxvt-unicode-256color|rxvt-unicode terminal with 256 colors (X Window > System):\ > :tc=rxvt-unicode: > > As you see, their is no mention of the 256-color capabilities, this > doesn't seem correct. How do I update the termcap file ? > > -- > Fred > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Take a look at the termcap entry for rxvt-256color. It's actually based on
rxvt-unicode. So I think that all you need to add is:
rxvt-unicode-256color|rxvt-unicode with 256 colors:\
:tc=rxvt-256color:
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