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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From: Matthew Leach <matthew <at> mattleach.net>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 37564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37564: [PATCH] don't export LINES and COLUMNS env vars in term to fix ncurses applications
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 19:48:49 +0100

Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org> writes:

> 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.

Exactly that.  By exporting these variables it's causing more problems
than it solves.
-- 
Matt
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