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-rw-r--r--alacritty.yml12
-rw-r--r--alacritty_macos.yml12
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/alacritty.yml b/alacritty.yml
index 1101f215..b6ad6a3d 100644
--- a/alacritty.yml
+++ b/alacritty.yml
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
# environment variables. Some entries may override variables
# set by alacritty it self.
env:
- # TERM env customization. Default is xterm-256color
- # Note: the default TERM value `xterm-256color` does not
- # specify all features alacritty supports. This does pose
- # a few issues with programs relying on terminfo and the
- # `tput` command
+ # TERM env customization.
+ #
+ # If this property is not set, alacritty will set it to xterm-256color.
+ #
+ # Note that some xterm terminfo databases don't declare support for italics.
+ # You can verify this by checking for the presence of `smso` and `sitm` in
+ # `infocmp xterm-256color`.
TERM: xterm-256color
# Window dimensions in character columns and lines
diff --git a/alacritty_macos.yml b/alacritty_macos.yml
index 318b2b6f..0c16d42b 100644
--- a/alacritty_macos.yml
+++ b/alacritty_macos.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@
# environment variables. Some entries may override variables
# set by alacritty it self.
env:
- # TERM env customization. Default is xterm-256color
- # Note: the default TERM value `xterm-256color` does not
- # specify all features alacritty supports. This does pose
- # a few issues with programs relying on terminfo and the
- # `tput` command
+ # TERM env customization.
+ #
+ # If this property is not set, alacritty will set it to xterm-256color.
+ #
+ # Note that some xterm terminfo databases don't declare support for italics.
+ # You can verify this by checking for the presence of `smso` and `sitm` in
+ # `infocmp xterm-256color`.
TERM: xterm-256color
# Window dimensions in character columns and lines