On 2021-06-20, Björn Gohla <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi all, > > i have the following problem with the kitty terminal emulator: > > ---- > 15:43:39 bgohla@titanic ~ $ doas pkg_add hello > doas ([email protected]) password: > failed termcap lookup on xterm-kitty at > /usr/libdata/perl5/OpenBSD/ProgressMeter/Term.pm line 113. > 15:44:02 bgohla@titanic ~ $ echo $TERM > xterm-kitty > 15:44:17 bgohla@titanic ~ $ > ---- > > it seems the problem is that there is no entry for xterm-kitty in > /etc/termcap. the above pkg_add invocation works when i set TERM=xterm . > > i suppose one could just add a termcap entry that redirects to > xterm. > > would this be a patch in the kitty port, or does this require a change > to the base system? > > -- > cheers, > björn > >
It would require a change in the base system, /usr/share/misc/termcap is a system file and isn't something that can be modified from a port. Additionally it will get overwritten when the OS is updated. Software that uses terminfo will work with kitty as it sets TERMINFO in the environment pointing at its own special file; that's not possible with termcap.
