On 2008-09-22, Micah Cowan wrote: > If we make screen use \033[3m for italics (instead of its current use > for standout), and \033[7m for standout (ANSI's "negative image"), then > all pre-existing termcap/terminfo definitions for screen will be wrong, > and users will have to be especially careful not to use newer versions > of screen with older termcap/terminfo definitions for screen. > Nevertheless, it seems like it might not be a terrible idea to start > migration, or at least support a configuration option for it. I don't > know when such a change might be effected, though. > > Nevertheless, it seems like it might not be a terrible idea to start > migration, or at least support a configuration option for it. I don't > know when such a change might be effected, though.
I am trying to get screen to output italic too; my terminal, rxvt-unicode, does it fine with print '\e[3mfoo\e[m', but it of course does not work inside of screen, because of what you describe above. I've tried several things so far, but my rather poor understanding of termcap/terminfo in general is hindering my efforts :) Here's a list of things I've tinkered with: 1) in .screenrc: a) terminfo * smso=\E[7m:rmso=\E[27m:sitm=\E[3m:ritm=\E[23m b) termcap * so=\E[7m:se=\E[27m:ZH=\E[3m:ZR=\E[23m 2) in the 4.0.3 source: c) change the termcaps: ======================================================================== --- screen/termcap.c 2003-09-08 07:45:36.000000000 -0700 +++ screen+seb/termcap.c 2009-01-17 23:25:53.000000000 -0800 @@ -1009,8 +1009,10 @@ } if (D_SO) { - AddCap("so=\\E[3m:"); - AddCap("se=\\E[23m:"); + AddCap("ZH=\\E[3m:"); + AddCap("ZR=\\E[23m:"); + AddCap("so=\\E[7m:"); + AddCap("se=\\E[27m:"); } if (D_MB) AddCap("mb=\\E[5m:"); ======================================================================== d) change the terminfo: ======================================================================== diff -U 2 -r screen/terminfo/screeninfo.src screen+seb/terminfo/screeninfo.src --- screen/terminfo/screeninfo.src 2003-07-21 08:33:36.000000000 -0700 +++ screen+seb/terminfo/screeninfo.src 2009-01-20 10:18:26.000000000 -0800 @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ kich1=\E[2~, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~, nel=\EE, rc=\E8, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM, rmcup=\E[?1049l, rmir=\E[4l, - rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmso=\E[23m, rmul=\E[24m, rs2=\Ec, sc=\E7, + rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmso=\E[7m, rmul=\E[24m, rs2=\Ec, sc=\E7, sgr0=\E[m, smcup=\E[?1049h, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=, - smso=\E[3m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, smacs=^N, rmacs=^O, flash=\Eg, + smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, smacs=^N, rmacs=^O, flash=\Eg, + sitm=\E[3m, ritm=\E[23m, civis=\E[?25l, cnorm=\E[34h\E[?25h, cvvis=\E[34l, op=\E[39;49m, setab=\E[4%p1%dm, setaf=\E[3%p1%dm, ======================================================================== My system (Debian sid) uses terminfo (rather than termcap, as I understand it), so I'm not sure 1a and 2a do much of anything. I've nevertheless tried all any and combinations of the 4 changes above, to no avail. Could you give me quick nudge toward the right direction ? Am I totally missing the point here ? If I manage to eventually get it right, with your help, then contributing a patch for that configuration option would be something much more within my usual field of expertise :) Thank you very much for your time, --Seb _______________________________________________ screen-users mailing list screen-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/screen-users