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Add a kitten to easily ssh into servers that automatically copies the terminfo files over

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Kovid Goyal
2018-05-22 22:32:51 +05:30
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@@ -560,8 +560,15 @@ for why kitty does not support background color erase.
=== I get errors about the terminal being unknown or opening the terminal failing when SSHing into a different computer?
This happens because the kitty terminfo files are not available on the server.
Either install kitty on the server, or simply copy over the terminfo files,
using:
If you have python installed on the server, you can ssh in using the following
command which will automatically copy the terminfo files over.
....
kitty +kitten ssh server_name
....
Alternatively, you can use the following one-liner which does not require python
on the server, but is slower, as it has to ssh into the server twice:
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infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh myserver tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /dev/stdin
@@ -582,7 +589,6 @@ infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh $1 tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /dev/stdin && ssh $1
Then you can use `myssh server` to log in to `server` with the terminfo file
being automatically available.
=== How do I change the colors in a running kitty instance?
You can either use the