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Kenneth Benzie (Benie) b989c070c0 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 21:06:05 +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][terminfo] database compiler [tic][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][terminfo] database for the current user, output
`~/.terminfo` use the following command.
```
$ tic xterm-256color.terminfo
```
[terminfo]: https://linux.die.net/man/5/terminfo
[tic]: https://linux.die.net/man/1/tic