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commit 6aae6f1a683e0013fe80a5e0e1d7276643d80c89
parent 4cd03739c43b6edc5d4c43d9bdbaff8feea17b78
Author: Chris Bracken <chris@bracken.jp>
Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 23:55:17 -0700

Set TERM=xterm-256color in Alacritty

Alacritty uses terminal type 'alacritty' if it exists in the host's
terminfo database, otherwise it falls back to xterm-256color. This is
problematic when terminal type 'alacritty' exists on the local machine
but not a remote host that you're ssh-ing into, in which case, the
connection needs to be made as:

    TERM=xterm-256color ssh user@remote.net

Since xterm-256color covers all my needs, as far as I know, and since
alacritty isn't common enough to be included in terminfo files for most
operating systems, just default to xterm-256colors for now.

Diffstat:
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.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
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1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+env:
+  # By default, alacritty checks the local terminfo database and uses terminal
+  # type `alacritty` if present, otherwise it falls back to `xterm-256color`.
+  # That said, most remote systems don't include `alacritty` in their terminfo
+  # database, and `xterm-256color` covers most of what we need, so we set that
+  # by default.
+  TERM: xterm-256color
+
 font:
   size: 10.0