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Re: Making RXVT The Standard Terminal
Dan Kaminsky wrote:
>
> > TERM=rxvt-cygwin-native provides the best match to the terminal
> > capabilities. Unfortunately, you'd have to copy the terminfo
> > information to any other machines that you telnet/ssh to. Search the
> > archives; this has been discussed.
>
> The idea is to eliminate the cygwin custom terminal, and simply use one that
> everything under the sun supports.
>
> Can you even do userspace terminfo?
>
Yes -- put stuff in ~/.terminfo/r/rxvt-cygwin-native (for instance).
--Chuck