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Cc: "E. Eusey" <elcoocooi@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: termcap and TERM detection
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On Wed, 4 Jan 2006 07:34 am, E. Eusey wrote:
> The secondary screen functionality on my xterm (rxvt-unicode)
> was acting strangly.  So, following the advice at:
>
> http://cvs.schmorp.de/browse/*checkout*/rxvt-unicode/doc/rxvt.
>7.html
>
> I added an rxvt-unicode termcap entry to my termcap file and
> ran cap_mkdb.  After login, I'm able to 'setenv TERM
> rxvt-unicode' and everything works perfectly.
>
> However, when running urxvt initially, it detects the $TERM as
> 'rxvt', not 'rxvt-unicode'.  How is the $TERM variable
> determined by the system? Is there a way to detect my new
> termcap entry?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
You should be able to set this through resources:
For example in .Xdefaults add:
Rxvt*termName: rxvt-unicode

Malcolm Kay