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Kenneth Benzie (Benie) 4f08d9ee4b Enable bold & italic using terminfo database
Extend the default `xterm-256color` terminfo to enable italic and bold
text in `xterm`, `screem`, and `tmux`.
2018-08-01 22:18:53 +01:00

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Terminal Configuration

terminfo

Enable italic and bold text in xterm-256color, screen-256color, and tmux-256color using user terminfo database compiler tic.

  • sitm enter italics mode, set to \E[3m which enables italics
  • ritm exit italics mode, set to \E[23m which disables italics
  • smso enter standout mode, set to \E[7m which enables bold
  • rmso exit standout mode, set to \E[27m which disabled bold

To compile a terminfo database for the current user, output to ~/.terminfo, use the following command.

$ tic xterm-256color.terminfo