> I'm wondering what the proper value of $TERM would be for screen > running in a terminal which initially has its $TERM variable equal to > "xterm-256color". Once I launch screen, $TERM becomes "screen", which > seems to lack many capabilities, notably: applications don't consider > it to be capable of displaying 256 colors. > > Searching the web brought up several potential values that $TERM > should have in this situation, including "screen-256color" and > "screen.xterm-256color", but I'm not sure what's the proper answer.
I use TERM=screen-256color in mintty, an xterm-compatible terminal. It works well.
