Re: Terminal is not fully functional: from Shell of Emacs

[Tim X <timx@nospam.dev.null>]

July <zell08v@orange.fr> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I have some trouble with the Terminal from Emacs, when I try do simply
> man ls,
>
> The shell of Emacs gives me,
> WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
>
> This is quite disturbing. Anyone knows how to get out of this warning plz?
>

If you are talking about shell-mode, your partially out of luck. Shell
mode is a simple command line shell that lacks the full functionality of
a normal terminal shell - its more a 'dum' terminal and does not support
things like ANSI escape characters that are used to do terminal I/O for
programs such as those based on curses etc.. Essentially, it is the wrong tool. 

You can try M-x term and you will get a more ansi equivalent
terminal. However, for browsing man pages, you are much better off using
either M-x man or M-x woman. 

If M-x term still doesn't work, check out the emacs references. There is
a terminfo file provided in the /etc directory of the emacs distribution
whihc you can setup on your system to get full terminal support.

Tim

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