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fix: terminfo error on macOS

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Ryan Yin
2023-12-08 14:22:33 +08:00
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3. alacritty: Standby terminal.
## 'xterm-kitty': unknown terminal type when `ssh` into a remote host
## 'xterm-kitty': unknown terminal type when `ssh` into a remote host or `sudo xxx`
> https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/faq/#i-get-errors-about-the-terminal-being-unknown-or-opening-the-terminal-failing-or-functional-keys-like-arrow-keys-don-t-work
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'xterm-kitty': unknown terminal type
```
Or when you `sudo xxx`, `sudo` won't preserve the `TERM` variable, it will be reset to root's default `TERM` value, which is `xterm` or `xterm-256color` in most linux distributions, so you will get this error:
```
'xterm-256color': unknown terminal type
```
or
```
Error opening terminal: xterm-kitty.
```
NixOS preserve the `TERMINFO` and `TERMINFO_DIRS` environment variables, for `root` and the `wheel` group: [nixpkgs/nixos/modules/config/terminfo.nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-23.11/nixos/modules/config/terminfo.nix#L18)
For nix-darwin, take a look at <https://github.com/LnL7/nix-darwin/wiki/Terminfo-issues>
### Solutions
Simplest solution, it will automatically copy over the terminfo files and also magically enable shell integration on the remote machine: