From 74fbeed89defdb601f4cd9a309a4289a38053e2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sanchayan Maity <maitysanchayan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2020 13:14:08 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Consistently set TERM as alacritty

This affects color rendering inside of tmux and also without tmux.
---
 alacritty/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml | 4 ++++
 fish/.config/fish/config.fish             | 2 +-
 tmux/.tmux.conf                           | 7 ++-----
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/alacritty/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml b/alacritty/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
index c2bf3a8..327f022 100644
--- a/alacritty/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
+++ b/alacritty/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Configuration for Alacritty, the GPU enhanced terminal emulator
 
+# Setup term for programs to be able to use it
+env:
+  TERM: alacritty
+
 window:
   # Window dimensions (changes require restart)
   #
diff --git a/fish/.config/fish/config.fish b/fish/.config/fish/config.fish
index 5efac32..3fa9870 100644
--- a/fish/.config/fish/config.fish
+++ b/fish/.config/fish/config.fish
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 set PATH {$HOME}/.nix-profile/bin {$HOME}/.cargo/bin {$HOME}/.cabal/bin $PATH
-set -gx TERM tmux-256color
+set -gx TERM alacritty
 set -gx NIX_PATH {$HOME}/.nix-defexpr/channels
 
 export EDITOR='nvim'
diff --git a/tmux/.tmux.conf b/tmux/.tmux.conf
index d9430ac..a8ca823 100644
--- a/tmux/.tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux/.tmux.conf
@@ -86,11 +86,8 @@ bind-key -T copy-mode-vi v send-keys -X begin-selection
 bind-key -T copy-mode-vi y send-keys -X copy-selection
 bind-key -T copy-mode-vi r send-keys -X rectangle-toggle
 
-# set default terminal mode to 256 colors
-# set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
-# set default terminal mode to 256 colors
-set-option -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
-set-option -sa terminal-overrides ',tmux-256color:RGB'
+# alacritty as default terminal. This effects color rendering.
+set-option -g default-terminal "alacritty"
 
 set-option -g status-style fg=colour187,bg=colour237
 set-window-option -g window-status-style fg=colour187,bg=colour237