Re: Bug#790401: openssh: Please pass the XTERM_VERSION environment variable
2015-06-29 04:53:31 +0200, Vincent Lefevre:
[...]
> Passing the terminal version to the server side is useful for programs
> that depend on some terminal features (for instance, to make sure that
> some query escape sequence will receive an answer).
>
> In the case of xterm, it is provided by XTERM_VERSION, which should be
> added to the SendEnv line in /etc/ssh/ssh_config and to the AcceptEnv
> line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
[...]
Note that applications can query the version from the terminal
emulator directly with the \e[>0c sequence. That's pretty-much
universal among X11 terminal emulators, at least all those for
which $TERM is xterm*.
--
Stephane
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