Change TERM from msys to cygwin.

[brkc]

Change TERM from msys to cygwin.

Set TERM=cygwin as that actually exists in common terminfo databases.
msys is a fork of cygwin so this is definitely the most compatible thing to do.

msys is a loose alias for cygwin in msysgit. From the msysgit termcap:

cygwin:\
        :xn@:op=\E[39;49m:Km=\E[M:tc=linux:

msys:\
        :xn@:op=\E[39;49m:Km=\E[M:tc=linux:tc=rxvt:

This used to be a direct alias to cygwin in the past. Not sure what the purpose of the new addition is here. It looks to be adding mostly eccentric capabilities that cmd does not support. man terminfo if you want to try to understand what the things below mean. Everything works fine for me after the switch.

$ infocmp -L cygwin msys
comparing cygwin to msys.
    comparing booleans.
        has_meta_key: F:T.
    comparing numbers.
    comparing strings.
        cursor_visible: NULL, '\E[?25h'.
        enter_ca_mode: NULL, '\E7\E[?47h'.
        exit_ca_mode: NULL, '\E[2J\E[?47l\E8'.
        init_1string: NULL, '\E[?47l\E=\E[?1l'.
        init_2string: NULL, '\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[H\E[?7h\E[?1;3;4;6l\E[4l'.
        key_a1: NULL, '\EOw'.
        key_a3: NULL, '\EOy'.
        key_c1: NULL, '\EOq'.
        key_c3: NULL, '\EOs'.
        key_f0: NULL, '\E[21~'.
        keypad_local: NULL, '\E>'.
        keypad_xmit: NULL, '\E='.
        parm_down_cursor: NULL, '\E[%p1%dB'.
        parm_left_cursor: NULL, '\E[%p1%dD'.
        parm_right_cursor: NULL, '\E[%p1%dC'.
        parm_up_cursor: NULL, '\E[%p1%dA'.

Of course, one could also just install the msys entry to the server being SSHed into:

$ wget https://raw.github.com/msysgit/msysgit/master/etc/termcap
$ tic -e msys termcap

Would close #44, #50, and #56.

[gustavohenke]

Could this be the reason why I can't use nano while using ssh?

[isimmons]

@gustavohenke yes. Nano among other things don't work for me via ssh unless I set TERM. If this is your issue when you try to open nano you should see some error message about msys

Error opening terminal: msys.

or another error I get for some commands like 'clear'

'msys': unknown terminal type.

[gustavohenke]

@isimmons That's exactly the same problem I'm facing.

[brkc]

@gustavohenke This pull request should fix your problem.

[samvasko]

Thanks :)