From bc8aa9a1ed5911eb2c963dae2a6d349e402850c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dante Catalfamo Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 14:42:18 -0500 Subject: openbsd-weechat-fix: Clarify wording on TERM env --- content/posts/openbsd-weechat-separator-fix/index.org | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/openbsd-weechat-separator-fix/index.org b/content/posts/openbsd-weechat-separator-fix/index.org index ef11fd1..35446e8 100644 --- a/content/posts/openbsd-weechat-separator-fix/index.org +++ b/content/posts/openbsd-weechat-separator-fix/index.org @@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ It looks like the reason was that =weechat= had saved doesn't support the character it wanted to use. The fix was to run =/unset weechat.look.prefix_suffix= after setting the correct locale. -I also plan on keeping =weechat= open in a =tmux= buffer, so I need to -set the =$TERM= environment variable to allow 256 colours. - -To do that, I need to set the =$TERM= environment variable to -=tmux-256color= instead of the default =screen= so that =weechat= can -use a richer selection of colors when displaying information. - -To do that, edited =~/.tmux.conf= and added the following line. +I also plan on keeping =weechat= open in a =tmux= buffer. By default, +=tmux= on OpenBSD uses =TERM=screen=, which only supports a very +limited set of colors. To let =weechat= use a richer color pallet, I +have to let it know the terminal support 256 colors. I can do this by +using the =tmux-256color= =TERM= environment variable when inside of a +session. + +To do that, I add the following line to my =~/.tmux.conf= file. #+begin_src conf set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color" -- cgit v1.2.3