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TERM ANSI escape sequences compatibility between xterm and screen although infocmp does not say so
I am making an script in zsh on mac that uses tmux and after the amazing https://unix.stackexchange.com/users/22565/st%c3%a9phane-chazelas answer, I found out that when I use tmux, it uses a different ...
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tmux in xterm - next-window no refresh (text from one window in the next)
using tmux, when switching windows the content of one window is taken to the next window.
To reporoduce:
tmux new;
C-b c; # (create new window)
ls /bin;
C-b n; # (go to next-window)
Now the content ...
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How to set zsh shell title without executing command substitutions twice?
My zsh config contains setopt PROMPT_SUBST. When I use command substitution in a shell command, I see it is executed twice. This could cause slowdowns or even bugs in my scripting.
% setopt ...
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Error - Terminal automatically and randomly duplicates last character on space
My Setup
Mac OS runs terminal with $TERM = xterm-256color;
tmux with $TERM = xterm-256color
When I ssh into an AWS EC2 inside that tmux session on my MacOS, $TERM is also xterm-256color
Weird Behavior
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Ask the key binding problem between xterm bash and tmux
To get TAB and ctrl-i to do different things.
I added the following configuration to my xterm and bash configuration files, and everything worked fine
XTerm.vt100.translations: #override \n\
Ctrl ...
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Clearing tmux terminal throws error: "'tmux-256color': unknown terminal type."
Originally, I was trying to determine why some directories show up differently colored than others when using the ls command.
While playing around with this. I have now encountered the problem of not ...
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setting `xterm-keys` in `tmux` affects Shift-Enter in `vim`
I enabled xterm-keys in tmux in order to have normal xterm key bindings like whole-word movement using the Ctrl-arrow keys.
However, by enabling xterm-keys it causes Shift-Enter to have undesired ...
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dualhead with tmux and two xterm windows
I'm running a dualhead system. Unfortunately, my monitors do not sport the same resolution, so I can't "just" use a huge xterm window spanning both screens. Also I imagine that it would be hard to ...
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Reduce control-c latency in xterm and tmux
When using tmux under xterm, I am unable to quickly stop process that is overwhelming the terminal with output. The interrupt eventually arrives but only after a long delay. This problem does not ...
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Cannot enable TrueColor support in tmux via overriding terminfo
dist: Arch Linux.
I have an st build from AUR and tmux from official repo.
In st I meet a good TrueColor support that works with last Vim version via termguicolors option.
But when i tried to bring ...
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Print a 256-color test pattern in the terminal [closed]
How do I print a 256-colour test pattern in my terminal?
I want to check that my terminal correctly supports 256 colours.
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How to scroll while Holding Shift to copy in tmux?
I have Mouse mode set to on in Tmux so that I can make use of the scroll wheel using set-window-option -g mode-mouse on.
However if I want to copy the output of a particular command which spans more ...
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stty settings are pathologically altered
I just set up a new computer, and as usual had to alter the settings in xterm in order to make the delete keys work properly. (Ctrl-H sends ^H, backspace sends ^?, delete sends ^[[3~. This is, of ...
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Why pressing Ctrl-h in xterm + tmux sends "^?"?
xterm:
$ echo $TERM
xterm-256color
$ stty -a
speed 38400 baud; rows 52; columns 91; line = 0;
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; eol2 = <undef>;
swtch = ...
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zsh: set TERM=screen-256color in tmux, but xterm-256color without tmux
I need my $TERM to be xterm-256color outside of tmux (in "plain" terminal with zsh), but screen-256color inside tmux.
First I tried:
add export TERM='xterm-256color' to my ~/.zshrc.
add set -g ...