GNU bug report logs - #37564
[PATCH] don't export LINES and COLUMNS env vars in term to fix ncurses applications

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Matthew Leach <matthew <at> mattleach.net>

Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 20:00:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 11432

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #32 received at 37564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Matthew Leach <matthew <at> mattleach.net>, 37564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#37564: [PATCH] don't export LINES and COLUMNS env vars in
 term to fix ncurses applications
Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 13:51:16 -0400

I think the point is that no terminal emulator / shell combination
actually exports LINES and COLUMNS as environment variables, except for
Emacs term.el. So no application can be relying on the LINES and COLUMNS
environment variables (since there aren't any applications specifically
for use inside Emacs's term). So term.el should stop setting them, since
it actually causes problems.
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