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@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ Shell providing the right terminfo path::
     sudo … env TERMINFO=$HOME/.terminfo bash -i
     TERMINFO=/home/ORIGINALUSER/.terminfo exec bash -i
 
+Alternatively, if you want to keep TERMINFO automatically whenever you run a ``sudo``
+command, you can edit the `/etc/sudoers.d/visudo` file by executing this shell command:
+
+    sudo visudo
+
+Then add the following content:
+
+    Defaults env_keep += "TERM TERMINFO"
+
+Save the file and from now on `sudo` will correctly identify `xterm-kitty`.
+This is based on the trick provided [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/8636711/5715571),
+and has been tested on Clear Linux (27910).
+
 If you have double width characters in your prompt, you may also need to
 explicitly set a UTF-8 locale, like::