From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Heslin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: (getenv "TERM) always returns "dumb" Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:57:59 +0000 (UTC) Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1093982355 29676 80.91.224.253 (31 Aug 2004 19:59:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 19:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 31 21:59:06 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C2EmY-00006k-00 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:59:06 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2ErR-0008M7-1x for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:04:09 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2ErI-0008Lj-7E for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:04:00 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1C2ErG-0008LA-FI for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:03:59 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1C2ErG-0008L7-4u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 16:03:58 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C2ElZ-0000nn-0U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:58:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1C2ElX-000617-00 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:58:03 +0200 Original-Received: from 213-152-32-235.dsl.eclipse.net.uk ([213.152.32.235]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:58:03 +0200 Original-Received: from usenet by 213-152-32-235.dsl.eclipse.net.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:58:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 15 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 213-152-32-235.dsl.eclipse.net.uk User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:26654 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:26654 On 2004-08-31, Stefan wrote: > > I think we should revert that change unless Stefan comes up with a better > > idea. > > I still think the change is basically right, but I agree that we should > probably revert it since noone seems to have the time or inclination to do > the additional necessary changes (i.e. keep TERM set until after running > the terminal-specific config file and stash the original TERM value > somewhere so that a new `terminal-type' function can return it to code that > needs it). It might be worth looking at the multi-tty branch, to see if it already provides for such a function. Peter