From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "dumb" terminal of daemon intefering with backspace/del keys Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:57:54 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1297673903 27401 80.91.229.12 (14 Feb 2011 08:58:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:58:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Giorgos Keramidas Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 14 09:58:16 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PouG7-0004K7-2q for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:58:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56636 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PouG2-00056I-73 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:58:10 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=57591 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PouFs-00055t-Cu for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:58:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PouFq-0006il-Uy for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:58:00 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:48412) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PouFq-0006iG-I0 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:57:58 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC87F188B5A0; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:57:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2CF01C0009F; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:57:55 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 6OhMHCmnFL+2; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:57:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from hase (ppp-88-217-124-231.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.124.231]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 09:57:54 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: Make me look like LINDA RONSTADT again!! In-Reply-To: (Giorgos Keramidas's message of "Sun, 13 Feb 2011 22:09:53 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 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: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:135994 Archived-At: Giorgos Keramidas writes: > But then in new text frames created by the daemon process TERM is set to > the "dumb" terminal type. > > gkeramidas:~$ emacsclient -e '(getenv "TERM")' > "dumb" This is correct. Emacs does not provide a terminal more capable than a dumb terminal, unless you use M-x term or M-x terminal-emulator. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."