This problem was solved using the TERM environment variable, and it will just work when people use terminfo (and libraries that use it, such as ncurses). The p

This problem was solved using the TERM environment variable, and it will just work when people use terminfo (and libraries that use it, such as ncurses). The problem is when people use explicit escape codes in their code rather than using libraries that solved this problem all the way back in the 80's. Yes, I'm somewhat grumpy about this because far too many times I have found log files filled with escape codes, or colours that are absolutely unreadable when using a terminal with white background.