TERM for ncurses

[fswarbrick]

So in the zopen/usr/local/zopen/ncurses/ncurses directory there is an .appenv file that has the following:

if [ "${_BPX_TERMPATH-x}" = "OMVS" ]; then
  export TERM=dumb
else
  export TERM=xterm
fi

The problem is that this essentially "turns off color support" for any session in which this is invoked. On my system I've changed this to the following:

if [ "${_BPX_TERMPATH-x}" = "OMVS" ]; then
  export TERM=dumb
else
  if [[ $TERM != *xterm* && $TERM != *tmux* ]]; then
    export TERM=xterm
  fi
fi

This likely doesn't handle everything, but it does handle a regular terminal (SSH) session, as well as sessions created by the tmux and screen applications. Should something like this be added to the zopen tool?

[IgorTodorovskiIBM]

So in the zopen/usr/local/zopen/ncurses/ncurses directory there is an .appenv file that has the following:

if [ "${_BPX_TERMPATH-x}" = "OMVS" ]; then
  export TERM=dumb
else
  export TERM=xterm
fi

The problem is that this essentially "turns off color support" for any session in which this is invoked. On my system I've changed this to the following:

if [ "${_BPX_TERMPATH-x}" = "OMVS" ]; then
  export TERM=dumb
else
  if [[ $TERM != *xterm* && $TERM != *tmux* ]]; then
    export TERM=xterm
  fi
fi

This likely doesn't handle everything, but it does handle a regular terminal (SSH) session, as well as sessions created by the tmux and screen applications. Should something like this be added to the zopen tool?

Good suggestion, I actually prefer using xterm-256color and that setting would override it. Would you like to contribute a PR?

[fswarbrick]

To which repo would I do a PR for?

[IgorTodorovskiIBM]

It would be under ncursesport. This file: https://github.com/ZOSOpenTools/ncursesport/blob/main/buildenv#L41

[fswarbrick]

Ah. I didn't see .appenv there, so figured that wasn't the right one. I will do the PR.