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[PATCH] don't export LINES and COLUMNS env vars in term to fix ncurses applications

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Message #50 received at 37564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Matthew Leach <matthew <at> mattleach.net>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 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: Mon, 20 Jan 2020 20:10:49 +0100

Matthew Leach <matthew <at> mattleach.net> writes:

> 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.

That sounds reasonable to me.  Should we go ahead and install the
original patch on the master branch then, or is there more to discuss?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

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