This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report which was filed against the emacs package: #1307: 23.0.60; emacsclient from inferior shell gives *ERROR*: Terminal type "dumb" is not powerful enough to run Emacs It has been closed by Chong Yidong . Their explanation is attached below along with your original report. If this explanation is unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate message then please contact Chong Yidong by replying to this email. -- 1307: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=1307 Emacs Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems