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: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: matthew <at> mattleach.net, 37564 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, stefan <at> marxist.se
Subject: bug#37564: [PATCH] don't export LINES and COLUMNS env vars in term to fix ncurses applications
Date: Thu, 04 Jun 2020 12:01:52 -0400

Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> I understand that applications based on ncurses are affected, but what
> about those which aren't based on ncurses?

I can only repeat my comments from https://debbugs.gnu.org/37564#32

    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).
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