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55 When the client reports truecolor, new panes get `TERM=xterm-direct` and `COLORTERM=truecolor`; otherwise `TERM=xterm-256color`. The capability travels inside vev's own protocol, so it works over SSH without `SendEnv`/`AcceptEnv`. Panes restored from a snapshot start conservative until a client attaches.
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7+## Environment
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9+On each attach, the attaching environment becomes the session's source of truth for future PTY children. vev preserves it except that it replaces `TERM`, `COLORTERM`, `TERM_PROGRAM`, and `VEV`; `SHELL` selects the command used to start each PTY. Already-running processes keep their original environment.
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11+For remote attaches, the remote proxy substitutes the remote host's exported environment, so remote PTYs do not inherit the local client's environment.
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713 ## VT compatibility
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915 vev keeps a server-side VT screen per pane: scroll regions (DECOM), insert mode, cursor and mode-query reports, alternate screen, bracketed paste, mouse tracking, synchronized updates, OSC 9/777 notifications, OSC 52 clipboard, and double-width cells. Resizes repair double-width cells so CJK and emoji halves are never left behind.
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5 When the client reports truecolor, new panes get `TERM=xterm-direct` and `COLORTERM=truecolor`; otherwise `TERM=xterm-256color`. The capability travels inside vev's own protocol, so it works over SSH without `SendEnv`/`AcceptEnv`. Panes restored from a snapshot start conservative until a client attaches.5 When the client reports truecolor, new panes get `TERM=xterm-direct` and `COLORTERM=truecolor`; otherwise `TERM=xterm-256color`. The capability travels inside vev's own protocol, so it works over SSH without `SendEnv`/`AcceptEnv`. Panes restored from a snapshot start conservative until a client attaches.
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7+## Environment
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9+On each attach, the attaching environment becomes the session's source of truth for future PTY children. vev preserves it except that it replaces `TERM`, `COLORTERM`, `TERM_PROGRAM`, and `VEV`; `SHELL` selects the command used to start each PTY. Already-running processes keep their original environment.
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11+For remote attaches, the remote proxy substitutes the remote host's exported environment, so remote PTYs do not inherit the local client's environment.
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7 ## VT compatibility13 ## VT compatibility
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9 vev keeps a server-side VT screen per pane: scroll regions (DECOM), insert mode, cursor and mode-query reports, alternate screen, bracketed paste, mouse tracking, synchronized updates, OSC 9/777 notifications, OSC 52 clipboard, and double-width cells. Resizes repair double-width cells so CJK and emoji halves are never left behind.15 vev keeps a server-side VT screen per pane: scroll regions (DECOM), insert mode, cursor and mode-query reports, alternate screen, bracketed paste, mouse tracking, synchronized updates, OSC 9/777 notifications, OSC 52 clipboard, and double-width cells. Resizes repair double-width cells so CJK and emoji halves are never left behind.

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