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Bug 746618 - shouldn't set TERM=xterm, when it is not fully xterm compatible
shouldn't set TERM=xterm, when it is not fully xterm compatible
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 115750
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.14.x
Other All
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-03-22 19:18 UTC by Christoph Anton Mitterer
Modified: 2015-03-23 11:56 UTC
See Also:
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Description Christoph Anton Mitterer 2015-03-22 19:18:28 UTC 
Hi.

Apparently for some reason gnome-terminal (or VTE?) sets TERM=xterm instead of using it's real terminfo name gnome or gnome-256colors.

Since GNOME Terminal isn't xterm compatible, it shouldn't do so or it will break applications, e.g. take bug #579964 comment 6 as an example.


Cheers,
Chris.
Comment 1 Christoph Anton Mitterer 2015-03-22 20:22:24 UTC 
See also: http://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#xterm_generic
Comment 2 Debarshi Ray 2015-03-23 09:24:36 UTC 
Looks like a duplicate of bug 115750

Better to consolidate the discussion in one bug instead of having it scattered all over the place.
Comment 3 Christian Persch 2015-03-23 11:56:24 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 115750 ***