Re: apt show escape characters

[Karl Vogel <vogelke@pobox.com>]

I source the ".lessenv" file below when I login to an xterm.
The settings make "less" mostly behave nicely for me.  My TERM stuff:

  TERM=xterm-256color
  TERMINFO=/usr/local/share/terminfo

I've found the only reliable way to fix a messed-up terminal without
restarting it is to run (and immediately exit) "screen".

Hope this helps.

-- 
Karl Vogel                      I don't speak for anyone but myself

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# $Revision: 1.7 $ $Date: 2020-05-24 01:22:03-04 $
# $Source: /home/vogelke/RCS/.lessenv,v $
#
# Fix messed-up less display when running X-windows.
# Stupid screen clears when I exit; it's terminfo's fault,
# not the program being run.  Add -X.
export LESS='-XCden -j.3 -z-2'

# http://cinderwick.ca/files/linux/configs/myDeskSnapshots/
#    200912-molokai/bash_exports
# man pager colors
export LESS_TERMCAP_mb=$'\E[01;31m'         # begin blinking
export LESS_TERMCAP_md=$'\E[00;31m'         # begin bold -> red
export LESS_TERMCAP_me=$'\E[0m'             # end mode
export LESS_TERMCAP_se=$'\E[0m'             # end standout
export LESS_TERMCAP_so=$'\E[01;47;34m'      # begin standout - info box
#export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[04;38;5;146m'   # begin underline
export LESS_TERMCAP_ue=$'\E[0m'             # end underline
export LESS_TERMCAP_us=$'\E[01;32m'         # paths,keywords -> green,
                                            # no underlines

# man pager colors -- compatible with urxvt-256
export GROFF_NO_SGR=1  # output ANSI color escape sequences in raw form