p-gen/smenu

v1.3.0 not working with TERM=xterm

schorsch3000 opened this issue · 8 comments

schorsch3000 commented

Hi,
i've installed smenu from smenu-1.3.0-linux-glibc-x86-static.xz
i can't start smenu now:

# smenu 
'xterm': unknown terminal type.

According to #16 (comment)
xterm shout work.

If there is anything i can help, feel free to reach out!

p-gen commented

Hello,

it seems that 'xterm' is not defined in your terminfo database; this message is not displayed by smenu but by the setupterm(3) library function.

Can you tell me more about your environment?
What is the result of the command: infocmp xterm?
Does it work with TERM=vt100 or TERM=vt220 or any other terminal defined in your terminfo database (you can use the toe(1) command to get the list)?

schorsch3000 commented

Sure, happy to help:

 infocmp xterm
#	Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /lib/terminfo/x/xterm
xterm|xterm-debian|xterm terminal emulator (X Window System),
	am, bce, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
	colors#8, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#64,
	acsc=``aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
	bel=^G, blink=\E[5m, bold=\E[1m, cbt=\E[Z, civis=\E[?25l,
	clear=\E[H\E[2J, cnorm=\E[?12l\E[?25h, cr=\r,
	csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
	cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=\n, cuf=\E[%p1%dC, cuf1=\E[C,
	cup=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cuu=\E[%p1%dA, cuu1=\E[A,
	cvvis=\E[?12;25h, dch=\E[%p1%dP, dch1=\E[P, dim=\E[2m,
	dl=\E[%p1%dM, dl1=\E[M, ech=\E[%p1%dX, ed=\E[J, el=\E[K,
	el1=\E[1K, flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l, home=\E[H,
	hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG, ht=^I, hts=\EH, ich=\E[%p1%d@,
	il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=\n, indn=\E[%p1%dS,
	invis=\E[8m, is2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, kDC=\E[3;2~,
	kEND=\E[1;2F, kHOM=\E[1;2H, kIC=\E[2;2~, kLFT=\E[1;2D,
	kNXT=\E[6;2~, kPRV=\E[5;2~, kRIT=\E[1;2C, ka1=\EOw,
	ka3=\EOy, kb2=\EOu, kbeg=\EOE, kbs=^?, kc1=\EOq, kc3=\EOs,
	kcbt=\E[Z, kcub1=\EOD, kcud1=\EOB, kcuf1=\EOC, kcuu1=\EOA,
	kdch1=\E[3~, kend=\EOF, kent=\EOM, kf1=\EOP, kf10=\E[21~,
	kf11=\E[23~, kf12=\E[24~, kf13=\E[1;2P, kf14=\E[1;2Q,
	kf15=\E[1;2R, kf16=\E[1;2S, kf17=\E[15;2~, kf18=\E[17;2~,
	kf19=\E[18;2~, kf2=\EOQ, kf20=\E[19;2~, kf21=\E[20;2~,
	kf22=\E[21;2~, kf23=\E[23;2~, kf24=\E[24;2~,
	kf25=\E[1;5P, kf26=\E[1;5Q, kf27=\E[1;5R, kf28=\E[1;5S,
	kf29=\E[15;5~, kf3=\EOR, kf30=\E[17;5~, kf31=\E[18;5~,
	kf32=\E[19;5~, kf33=\E[20;5~, kf34=\E[21;5~,
	kf35=\E[23;5~, kf36=\E[24;5~, kf37=\E[1;6P, kf38=\E[1;6Q,
	kf39=\E[1;6R, kf4=\EOS, kf40=\E[1;6S, kf41=\E[15;6~,
	kf42=\E[17;6~, kf43=\E[18;6~, kf44=\E[19;6~,
	kf45=\E[20;6~, kf46=\E[21;6~, kf47=\E[23;6~,
	kf48=\E[24;6~, kf49=\E[1;3P, kf5=\E[15~, kf50=\E[1;3Q,
	kf51=\E[1;3R, kf52=\E[1;3S, kf53=\E[15;3~, kf54=\E[17;3~,
	kf55=\E[18;3~, kf56=\E[19;3~, kf57=\E[20;3~,
	kf58=\E[21;3~, kf59=\E[23;3~, kf6=\E[17~, kf60=\E[24;3~,
	kf61=\E[1;4P, kf62=\E[1;4Q, kf63=\E[1;4R, kf7=\E[18~,
	kf8=\E[19~, kf9=\E[20~, khome=\EOH, kich1=\E[2~,
	kind=\E[1;2B, kmous=\E[<, knp=\E[6~, kpp=\E[5~,
	kri=\E[1;2A, mc0=\E[i, mc4=\E[4i, mc5=\E[5i, meml=\El,
	memu=\Em, mgc=\E[?69l, nel=\EE, op=\E[39;49m, rc=\E8,
	rep=%p1%c\E[%p2%{1}%-%db, rev=\E[7m, ri=\EM,
	rin=\E[%p1%dT, ritm=\E[23m, rmacs=\E(B, rmam=\E[?7l,
	rmcup=\E[?1049l\E[23;0;0t, rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>,
	rmm=\E[?1034l, rmso=\E[27m, rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\Ec,
	rs2=\E[!p\E[?3;4l\E[4l\E>, sc=\E7, setab=\E[4%p1%dm,
	setaf=\E[3%p1%dm,
	setb=\E[4%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,
	setf=\E[3%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m,
	sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%p5%t;2%;%?%p2%t;4%;%?%p1%p3%|%t;7%;%?%p4%t;5%;%?%p7%t;8%;m,
	sgr0=\E(B\E[m, sitm=\E[3m, smacs=\E(0, smam=\E[?7h,
	smcup=\E[?1049h\E[22;0;0t, smglp=\E[?69h\E[%i%p1%ds,
	smglr=\E[?69h\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%ds,
	smgrp=\E[?69h\E[%i;%p1%ds, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=,
	smm=\E[?1034h, smso=\E[7m, smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g,
	u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n, u8=\E[?%[;0123456789]c,
	u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,

Running with TERM=100 / 200 seems to work fine.

toe
xterm-kitty	KovIdTTY

MY setup: Running debian 12, kitty and have $TERM manually set to xterm which did works fine but keeping kitty'S default didn't work on remote servers.

p-gen commented

OK, so you can confirm that the command TERM=xterm smenu is working fine.
What does the command terminfo xterm-kitty reports?

BTW on debian I think you have to install the kitty-terminfo packages if your TERM variable is set to xterm-kitty.

schorsch3000 commented

My $TERM is set to xterm not xterm-kitty and kitty-terminfo is installed, thanks neverless!
i don't have a command terminfo and no idea how to get it, the package terminfo dos not provide that :(

If it's a me-problem, i have no problem having a inline-wrapper-script setting $TERM to vt100

schorsch3000 commented

oh, no, TERM=xterm dos not work, TERM=vt100 smenu works, as with vt220

p-gen commented

If $TERM contains xterm, this should work.
You can also try deleting your ~/.terminfo directory if you have one.

As I don't understand why you can't use TERM=xterm, try to:

  • set TERM to vt220 before using smenu (TERM=vt220 smenu ...).
  • use a wrapper script to set XTERM=vt220 as you said.

This is not a smenu problem but a configuration issue.

schorsch3000 commented

yep, i've tried on another pc running debian and kitty, can confirm its a me-problem.
~/.terminfo isn't existent, i'll go by a wrapper script, thanks so much for the help and the whole project!

p-gen commented

you're welcome

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