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Asked by Shawn Sterling

Hello, I am curious about how terminator is doing 256 colors.

As in, if I do a `tput colors` it returns 8 colors. If I `echo $TERM` it returns xterm. `infocmp` shows colors#8

Yet if I run 256colors.pl, I see the full color cube. I'm happy it does, but .. Is terminator not obeying the terminfo?

It is my understanding that I should need to set the TERM to be 'xterm-256color' , then tput should see 256, then colors should work. I've googled all about this, and can't find any solid info.

Thanks for making terminator, it's awesome.

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Best Chris Jones (cmsj) said : 		#1

Hi

We use the VTE widget from GNOME Terminal, so really it is their code that
is doing this.
My understanding is that they just try to process whatever they receive,
rather than being in a particular TERM mode and strictly enforcing it, so
if they receive 256 colour codes, they just get on with displaying them.

Cheers,

Chris

On 24 October 2012 10:06, Shawn Sterling <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> New question #212170 on Terminator:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/terminator/+question/212170
>
> Hello, I am curious about how terminator is doing 256 colors.
>
> As in, if I do a `tput colors` it returns 8 colors. If I `echo $TERM` it
> returns xterm. `infocmp` shows colors#8
>
> Yet if I run 256colors.pl, I see the full color cube. I'm happy it does,
> but .. Is terminator not obeying the terminfo?
>
> It is my understanding that I should need to set the TERM to be
> 'xterm-256color' , then tput should see 256, then colors should work. I've
> googled all about this, and can't find any solid info.
>
> Thanks for making terminator, it's awesome.
>
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> contact for Terminator.
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Shawn Sterling (shawx) said : 		#2

Thanks Chris Jones, that solved my question.