README: Add terminfo information

Add a section about copying terminfo to remote systems to hopefully stop
the pile of non-issues opened because of a missing terminfo file.
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Jelle van der Waa 2017-03-26 21:30:18 +02:00
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@ -173,3 +173,22 @@ following snippet to ``$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gtk-3.0/gtk.css`` (or
This can also be used to add varying amounts of padding to each side via
standard usage of the CSS padding property.
TERMINFO
========
When working on a remote system with termite's terminfo missing, an error might
occur:
::
Error opening terminal: xterm-termite
To solve this issue, copy the terminfo to your remote system and install it for
the logged in user. Or on Arch Linux install ``termite-terminfo``.
::
scp termite.terminfo remoteserver:
# On the remote server
tic -x termite.terminfo