Make the terminfo database available in the compiled module

build-terminfo

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def compile_terminfo(base):
         os.makedirs(odir, exist_ok=True)
         ofile = os.path.join(odir, xterm_kitty)
         shutil.move(tfile, ofile)
+    return ofile
 
 
 def generate_terminfo():
@@ -46,7 +47,14 @@ def generate_terminfo():
     with open('terminfo/kitty.termcap', 'w') as f:
         f.write(tcap)
 
-    compile_terminfo(os.path.join(base, 'terminfo'))
+    dbfile = compile_terminfo(os.path.join(base, 'terminfo'))
+    with open(dbfile, 'rb') as f:
+        data = f.read()
+    with open('kitty/terminfo.h', 'w') as f:
+        print(f'static const uint8_t terminfo_data[{len(data)}] = ''{', file=f)
+        for b in data:
+            print(b, end=', ', file=f)
+        print('};', file=f)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':

kitty/data-types.c

@@ -404,6 +404,13 @@ find_in_memoryview(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args) {
     return PyLong_FromSsize_t(ans);
 }
 
+#include "terminfo.h"
+
+static PyObject*
+py_terminfo_data(PyObject *self UNUSED, PyObject *args UNUSED) {
+    return PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((const char*)terminfo_data, arraysz(terminfo_data));
+}
+
 static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     METHODB(replace_c0_codes_except_nl_space_tab, METH_O),
     {"wcwidth", (PyCFunction)wcwidth_wrap, METH_O, ""},
@@ -425,6 +432,7 @@ static PyMethodDef module_methods[] = {
     {"shm_open", (PyCFunction)py_shm_open, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"shm_unlink", (PyCFunction)py_shm_unlink, METH_VARARGS, ""},
     {"wrapped_kitten_names", (PyCFunction)wrapped_kittens, METH_NOARGS, ""},
+    {"terminfo_data", (PyCFunction)py_terminfo_data, METH_NOARGS, ""},
     {"find_in_memoryview", (PyCFunction)find_in_memoryview, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 #ifdef __APPLE__
     METHODB(user_cache_dir, METH_NOARGS),