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Setting TERMINFO_DIRS

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: Florian <florhizome <at> posteo.net>, 53257 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#53257] [PATCH] gnu: foot: expose terminfo dirs via native-search-paths
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 22:49:08 +0100

Hi,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès schreef op do 10-02-2022 om 21:30 [+0100]:
>> Oh wait, I just realized that ‘foot’ comes with its own terminfo files.
>> 
>> In that case, the solution would be to wrap it so that it systematically
>> adds itself to TERMINFO_DIRS.  That’s the go-to solution in such
>> situations.
>> 
>> WDYT?
>
> That would be (a suboption of) option (1) I suggested:
>
>  1. patch the source code of 'foot' to set "TERMINFO_DIRS" or
>    "TERMINFO" [...] (or use wrap-program in 'foot').

Perfect, sorry for overlooking it.

Florian, do you want to give it a try?  You need to look at
‘wrap-program’.

Ludo’.

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