Fix Emacs + urxvt color weirdness on Linux

dotfiles/Xresources

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ URxvt*boldFont: xft:Inconsolata:bold
 URxvt.letterSpace: -1
 
 URxvt*termName: rxvt
-
+URxvt*iso14755: False
 URxvt.urgentOnBell: true
 ! URxvt*foreground:                     color
 ! URxvt*color0:                         color

dotfiles/zshrc

@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 export VISUAL="emacs -nw"
 export EDITOR="$VISUAL"
 export ITERM_24BIT=1
-export TERM=xterm-256color
+export TERM=rxvt-256color
+
+# Colors get weird with Emacs in urxvt. I use urxvt on Linux
+# so I need to export rxvt-256color and copy the rxvt-256color terminfo
+# to the right location (see package installer for details).
+# This will need to be changed if you use a different terminal emulator.
+if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu" ]]; then
+  export TERM=rxvt-256color
+else
+  export TERM=xterm-256color
+fi
 
 alias emacs='emacs -nw'
 alias irssi='TERM=screen-256color irssi'

scripts/sysinstall/install_packages.sh

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Y#!/bin/bash
 #
 # An almost completely untested automated package install script for new installs.
-# 
+#
 # This file is relatively untested and stuff is generally added to it mostly
-# for the sake of remembering what commands to run. This may not work 
+# for the sake of remembering what commands to run. This may not work
 # as expected (since I only ever use it when I have a fresh install) and you
 # should look over the code yourself before running.
 #
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Y#!/bin/bash
 function install_yaourt {
   sudo pacman -S base-devel yajl &
   mkdir -p ~/temp/AUR/ && cd ~/temp/AUR/
-  
+
   wget https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/snapshot/package-query.tar.gz
   tar xfz package-query.tar.gz
   cd package-query && makepkg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ echo "" >> /etc/pacman.conf
 
 # If these two commands fail with an error about dirmngr, you will probably need to
 # su into root and run dirmngr. This will error and create the .gnupg dotfile and the
-# other files needed to make this work. 
+# other files needed to make this work.
 sudo pacman-key -r 962DDE58
 sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 962DDE58
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ packages=("wget", "emacs", "gvim", "openssh", "steam", "zsh", "zsh-completions",
 	        "xf86-video-fbdev", "xf86-video-intel", "xf86-video-vesa", "alsa-utils", "xorg",
           "xorg-xinit", "dmenu", "ttf-inconsolata", "i3", "google-chrome", "clojure", "leiningen",
 	        "xclip", "playerctl", "infinality-bundle", "lieningen-completions", "npm", "conky",
-          "feh", "networkmanager", "htop", "physlock", "mit-scheme", "pulseaudio", "ponymix", "rlwrap") 
+          "feh", "networkmanager", "htop", "physlock", "mit-scheme", "pulseaudio", "ponymix", "rlwrap")
 
 # Reload the font cache
 fc-cache -fv
@@ -57,24 +57,24 @@ fc-cache -fv
 # Execute the array of commands
 for (( i=0; i<${#packages[@]}; i++ )); do
   printf "\n **** Installing: ${packages[$i]} ****\n\n"
-  
+
   eval "yaourt -S ${packages[$i]}"
 done
 
 printf "\n **** Finished Installing Packages **** \n"
 
 # Add additional commands to be run here. They will be run one after the other in sequence.
-commands=() 
+commands=()
 
 # Execute the array of commands
 for (( i=0; i<${#commands[@]}; i++ )); do
   printf "\n **** Running: ${commands[$i]} ****\n\n"
-  
+
   eval "yaourt -S ${commands[$i]} | yes"
 done
 
 # Set locale correctly
-sudo sed -i -e 's/#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen  
+sudo sed -i -e 's/#en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8/g' /etc/locale.gen
 sudo locale-gen
 
 
@@ -88,3 +88,8 @@ sudo locale-gen
 # copy services/10-physlock to /etc/pm/sleep.d/10-vlock
 # replacing USERNAME with their name via sed.
 # remember to use sudo
+
+# Copy terminfo so that text editors can find it
+mkdir ~/.terminfo
+nkdir ~/.terminfo/r/
+ln -s /usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode ~/.terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode