From 9b293ad66a39d6b7438644ab154164497c7dd417 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2018 09:28:21 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add some more explanation of why TERM is important --- kitty/config_data.py | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kitty/config_data.py b/kitty/config_data.py index e37f79a1f..417c50304 100644 --- a/kitty/config_data.py +++ b/kitty/config_data.py @@ -724,9 +724,13 @@ program, even one running on a remote server via SSH can read your clipboard. ''')) o('term', 'xterm-kitty', long_text=_(''' -The value of the TERM environment variable to set. Changing this can break -many terminal programs, only change it if you know what you are doing, not -because you read some advice on Stack Overflow to change it. +The value of the TERM environment variable to set. Changing this can break many +terminal programs, only change it if you know what you are doing, not because +you read some advice on Stack Overflow to change it. The TERM variable if used +by various programs to get information about the capabilities and behavior of +the terminal. If you change it, depending on what programs you run, and how +different the terminal you are changing it to is, various things from +key-presses, to colors, to various advanced features may not work. ''')) # }}}