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