[zokier]

One thing that is missing is the termcap/terminfo system. For funsies, you can try to run your session with TERM=dumb to get a retro experience :)

[nixpulvis]

terminfo would be a good topic for a couple blogposts for sure. Back when I was first learning all this stuff I never felt like I truly understood all the intricacies of this system. I tried to understand back when alacritty made it's own entry, but a lot of things still feel somewhat arcane.

Basically, it's a capability list though, IIUC.

[szgupta]

Yeah I like to think of it as a capability list as well. There was a brief footnote [12] about $TERM in the post, but terminfo could certainly be dissected further.

[12](https://www.warp.dev/blog/what-happens-when-you-open-a-termi...)