OS X Terminal.app and Aptitude

[Ian Brandt <ian@ianbrandt.com>]

Hi,

I'm trying to get OS X 10.4.7's Terminal.app to play nice when ssh'ing
into my Debian Etch box.

I've run `infocmp -L > xterm-color' on my Mac (I have Terminal.app set
to report xterm-color), and compiled the result on my Debian box with
the following output...

$ tic -svx xterm-color
"xterm-color", line 2, terminal 'xterm-color': missing sgr string
1 entries written to /home/ibrandt/.terminfo

This fixed up my backspace/delete issues at the Bash shell, but when I
try to run Aptitude no such luck.  I get ^? when trying to backspace
during a package search, and the menus are pretty garbled.

Any advice on a next step?  I'm completely rusty with all this
terminal emulation voodoo.

Thanks,

Ian

P.S. Here's the infocmp result from the Mac in case that is any help...


$ cat xterm-color
#       Reconstructed via infocmp from file:
/usr/share/terminfo/78/xterm-color
xterm-color|nxterm|generic color xterm,
        auto_right_margin, eat_newline_glitch, has_meta_key,
        move_insert_mode, move_standout_mode,
        columns#80, init_tabs#8, lines#24, max_colors#8,
        max_pairs#64, no_color_video@,
        acs_chars=``aaffggiijjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~,
        bell=^G, carriage_return=^M,
        change_scroll_region=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr,
        clear_all_tabs=\E[3g, clear_screen=\E[H\E[2J,
        clr_eol=\E[K, clr_eos=\E[J,
        cursor_address=\E[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cursor_down=^J,
        cursor_home=\E[H, cursor_left=^H, cursor_right=\E[C,
        cursor_up=\E[A, delete_character=\E[P,
        delete_line=\E[M, ena_acs=\E)0,
        enter_alt_charset_mode=^N, enter_bold_mode=\E[1m,
        enter_ca_mode=\E7\E[?47h, enter_insert_mode=\E[4h,
        enter_reverse_mode=\E[7m, enter_standout_mode=\E[7m,
        enter_underline_mode=\E[4m, exit_alt_charset_mode=^O,
        exit_attribute_mode=\E[m,
        exit_ca_mode=\E[2J\E[?47l\E8, exit_insert_mode=\E[4l,
        exit_standout_mode=\E[m, exit_underline_mode=\E[m,
        init_2string=\E7\E[r\E[m\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l\E8\E>,
        insert_line=\E[L, key_backspace=^H, key_dc=\E[3~,
        key_down=\EOB, key_f1=\E[11~, key_f10=\E[21~,
        key_f11=\E[23~, key_f12=\E[24~, key_f13=\E[25~,
        key_f14=\E[26~, key_f15=\E[28~, key_f16=\E[29~,
        key_f17=\E[31~, key_f18=\E[32~, key_f19=\E[33~,
        key_f2=\E[12~, key_f20=\E[34~, key_f3=\E[13~,
        key_f4=\E[14~, key_f5=\E[15~, key_f6=\E[17~,
        key_f7=\E[18~, key_f8=\E[19~, key_f9=\E[20~,
        key_find=\E[1~, key_ic=\E[2~, key_left=\EOD,
        key_mouse=\E[M, key_npage=\E[6~, key_ppage=\E[5~,
        key_right=\EOC, key_select=\E[4~, key_up=\EOA,
        keypad_local=\E[?1l\E>, keypad_xmit=\E[?1h\E=,
        orig_pair=\E[m, parm_dch=\E[%p1%dP,
        parm_delete_line=\E[%p1%dM,
        parm_down_cursor=\E[%p1%dB,
        parm_insert_line=\E[%p1%dL,
        parm_left_cursor=\E[%p1%dD,
        parm_right_cursor=\E[%p1%dC,
        parm_up_cursor=\E[%p1%dA,
        reset_2string=\E7\E[r\E8\E[m\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l\E>,
        restore_cursor=\E8, save_cursor=\E7, scroll_forward=^J,
        scroll_reverse=\EM, set_a_background=\E[4%p1%dm,
        set_a_foreground=\E[3%p1%dm, set_tab=\EH, tab=^I,
        user6=\E[%i%d;%dR, user7=\E[6n, user8=\E[?1;2c,
        user9=\E[c,