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I've been using Ghostty locally for fun + profit.
By default, I found that my workflow of SSH-in somewhere and run a TMUX session there was broken.
The error I got was:
missing or unsuitable terminal: xterm-ghosttyDiagnosis
Here's the (somewhat obscure) notion of what "a terminal" means -- if you run infocmp xterm-ghostty, you'll see nothing on the remote server, while locally, you should see a bunch of stuff:
❯ infocmp xterm-ghostty
# Reconstructed via infocmp from file: /Applications/Ghostty.app/Contents/Resources/terminfo/78/xterm-ghostty
xterm-ghostty|ghostty|Ghostty,
am, bce, ccc, hs, km, mc5i, mir, msgr, npc, xenl,
colors#256, cols#80, it#8, lines#24, pairs#32767,
acsc=++\,\,--..00``aaffgghhiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
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=^M,
csr=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, cub=\E[%p1%dD, cub1=^H,
cud=\E[%p1%dB, cud1=^J, 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, dsl=\E]2;\007, ech=\E[%p1%dX,
ed=\E[J, el=\E[K, el1=\E[1K, flash=\E[?5h$<100/>\E[?5l,
fsl=^G, home=\E[H, hpa=\E[%i%p1%dG, ht=^I, hts=\EH,
ich=\E[%p1%d@, ich1=\E[@, il=\E[%p1%dL, il1=\E[L, ind=^J,
indn=\E[%p1%dS,
initc=\E]4;%p1%d;rgb\:%p2%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p3%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X/%p4%{255}%*%{1000}%/%2.2X\E\\,
invis=\E[8m, 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, kbs=\177, 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, oc=\E]104\007, 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, rmir=\E[4l, rmkx=\E[?1l\E>, rmso=\E[27m,
rmul=\E[24m, rs1=\E]\E\\\Ec, sc=\E7,
setab=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t4%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t10%p1%{8}%-%d%e48;5;%p1%d%;m,
setaf=\E[%?%p1%{8}%<%t3%p1%d%e%p1%{16}%<%t9%p1%{8}%-%d%e38;5;%p1%d%;m,
sgr=%?%p9%t\E(0%e\E(B%;\E[0%?%p6%t;1%;%?%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, smir=\E[4h, smkx=\E[?1h\E=, smso=\E[7m,
smul=\E[4m, tbc=\E[3g, tsl=\E]2;, u6=\E[%i%d;%dR, u7=\E[6n,
u8=\E[?%[;0123456789]c, u9=\E[c, vpa=\E[%i%p1%dd,
It looks like line noise, because ... it sort of is.
These are a bunch of escape sequences, and you can google Kagi what that means and go down a rabbit hole.
Today, we're more interested in just getting our workflow to work, so let's go on.
Transferring these settings over
Make a local copy
$ infocmp xterm-ghostty > xterm-ghostty.txtCopy it over
$ scp xterm-ghostty.txt my-login@remote-srv:~/pathApplying these settings remotely
Login first, then
$ tic -x ~/path/xterm-ghostty.txtVerify by running this and ensuring you saw what you did when you ran it locally:
$ infocmp xterm-ghosttyEnjoy remote SSH goodness with Ghostty
That's it, we're done
Ghostty rocks, use it when you can