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Add a FAQ entry about terminfo and sudo/su
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Kovid Goyal 2018-12-25 08:48:57 +05:30
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@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions
.. contents:: .. contents::
Some special symbols are rendered small/truncated in kitty? Some special symbols are rendered small/truncated in kitty?
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The number of cells a unicode character takes up are controlled by the unicode The number of cells a unicode character takes up are controlled by the unicode
standard. All characters are rendered in a single cell unless the unicode standard. All characters are rendered in a single cell unless the unicode
@ -54,9 +54,37 @@ servers)::
infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh myserver tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /dev/stdin infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh myserver tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /dev/stdin
If you are behind a proxy (like Balabit) that prevents this, you must redirect the
1st command to a file, copy that to the server and run ``tic`` manually. If you
connect to a server, embedded or Android system that doesn't have ``tic``, copy over
your local file terminfo to the other system as :file:`~/.terminfo/x/xterm-kitty`.
Really, the correct solution for this is to convince the OpenSSH maintainers to Really, the correct solution for this is to convince the OpenSSH maintainers to
have ssh do this automatically when connecting to a server, so that all have ssh do this automatically, if possible, when connecting to a server, so that
terminals work transparently. all terminals work transparently.
Keys such as arrow keys, backspace, delete, home/end, etc. do not work when using su or sudo?
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Make sure the TERM environment variable, is ``xterm-kitty``. And either the
TERMINFO environment variable points to a directory containing :file:`x/xterm-kitty`
or that file is under :file:`~/.terminfo/x/`.
Note that ``sudo`` might remove TERMINFO. Then setting it at the shell prompt can
be too late, because command line editing may not be reinitialized. In that case
you can either ask ``sudo`` to set it or if that is not supported, insert an ``env``
command before starting the shell, or, if not possible, after sudo start another
Shell providing the right terminfo path::
sudo … TERMINFO=$HOME/.terminfo bash -i
sudo … env TERMINFO=$HOME/.terminfo bash -i
TERMINFO=/home/ORIGINALUSER/.terminfo exec bash -i
If you have double width characters in your prompt, you may also need to
explicitly set a UTF-8 locale, like::
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
How do I change the colors in a running kitty instance? How do I change the colors in a running kitty instance?