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A FAQ entry about terminfo over SSH

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Kovid Goyal 2018-02-12 10:19:12 +05:30
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@ -460,6 +460,20 @@ let &t_ut=''
See link:https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/master/protocol-extensions.asciidoc#setting-text-styles-colors-in-arbitrary-regions-of-the-screen[here]
for why kitty does not support background color erase.
== I get errors about the terminal being unknown or opening the terminal failing when SSHing into a different computer?
This happens because the kitty terminfo files are not available on the server. Either install kitty on the server,
or simply copy over the terminfo files, using:
....
ssh myserver mkdir -p \~/.terminfo
infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh myserver "cat > /tmp/kitty.terminfo"
ssh myserver tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /tmp/kitty.terminfo
....
Really, the correct solution for this is to convince the OpenSSH maintainers to have ssh do this
automatically when connecting to a server.
== A tribute
While over the decades I am sure many people have contributed to the