fix: fall back TERM when terminfo is missing#28
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Two-layer fix for "missing or unsuitable terminal: xterm-ghostty": 1. env.sh: generic TERM fallback via infocmp check — when the advertised terminal lacks a local terminfo entry, fall back to xterm-256color so tmux and other ncurses tools can start. 2. Ghostty config: enable ssh-terminfo and ssh-env shell integration features so Ghostty auto-installs its terminfo on remote hosts (v1.2.0+), with automatic xterm-256color fallback when blocked. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
infocmpcheck — when the advertised terminal lacks a local terminfo entry (e.g.xterm-ghosttyover SSH), automatically fall back toxterm-256colorso tmux and other ncurses tools can startssh-terminfoandssh-envshell integration features so Ghostty v1.2.0+ auto-installs its terminfo on remote hosts, with automaticxterm-256colorfallback when blockedTwo-layer approach
Why both?
dotfiles_term_capable()which guards ZLE plugins but doesn't fix TERM itselfTest plan
source ~/.zshenv && echo $TERM→xterm-256coloron host without ghostty terminfotmux ls→ no "missing or unsuitable terminal" errorTERM=xterm-ghosttypreserved🤖 Generated with Claude Code