From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: TERM and shell mode
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:21:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lekecnbz.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJcAo8s1nhRpyrHMgQ1yMJtRNNW+cvCfSgpr2B4GDWP4JjUTYw@mail.gmail.com> (message from Samuel Wales on Thu, 2 Mar 2023 17:18:29 -0700)
> From: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2023 17:18:29 -0700
>
> emacs -Q says dumb for TERM for shell mode. one issue with this i
> have a note saying is that colored output can silently corrupt cmd |
> grep if TERM=dumb. or similr. idr the details. but i recall the
> problem and debugged it to the TERM variable.
>
> termprarily setting term to xterm fixed that problem but i have no
> idea where it is being set permanntly.
Did you try to change the value of comint-terminfo-terminal?
Also, if you want to run programs that need colors or other features
of a terminal emulator, I think you should use "M-x ansi-term" instead
of "M-x shell", or at least try that to see if it solves your
problems.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-03 7:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-03 0:18 TERM and shell mode Samuel Wales
2023-03-03 1:37 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-03 1:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-03 5:05 ` Akib Azmain Turja
2023-03-03 7:21 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2023-03-03 7:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2023-03-09 0:53 ` Samuel Wales
2023-03-09 4:47 ` Akib Azmain Turja
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