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+helpful to remember: `infocmp` prints terminfo in a readable way. `infocmp dumb` zB prints dumb terminal info
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+Miracode is from [here](https://github.com/IdreesInc/Miracode) and is [freely licensed](https://github.com/IdreesInc/Miracode/blob/main/LICENSE)