Subject: Re: bug#5596: Term type warning lacks final \n
From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:03:52 -0500
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

> $ TERM=dumb emacs -nw
> emacs: Terminal type "dumb" is not powerful enough to run Emacs.
> It lacks the ability to position the cursor.
> If that is not the actual type of terminal you have,
> use the Bourne shell command `TERM=... export TERM' (C-shell:
> `setenv TERM ...') to specify the correct type.  It may be necessary
> to do `unset TERMINFO' (C-shell: `unsetenv TERMINFO') as well.$

Thanks should be fixed with the patch below,

        Stefan

=== modified file 'src/term.c'
--- src/term.c	2010-01-13 08:35:10 +0000
+++ src/term.c	2010-02-18 16:51:07 +0000
@@ -3938,6 +3938,8 @@
   va_start (ap, str);
   fprintf (stderr, "emacs: ");
   vfprintf (stderr, str, ap);
+  if (!(strlen (str) > 0 && str[strlen (str) - 1] == '\n'))
+    fprintf (stderr, "\n");
   va_end (ap);
   fflush (stderr);
   exit (1);