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

readline

Enable vi mode in tools which use readline e.g. gdb, setup vim like mappings for navigation. Settings are placed in ~/.inputrc.

editline

Enable vi mode in tools which use editline e.g. lldb. Settings are places in ~/.editrc.