GNU bug report logs - #5596
Term type warning lacks final \n

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From: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Term type warning lacks final \n
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:00:13 +0800

Fellas, you forgot the final \n:
$ 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.$

Message #10 received at 5596-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Subject: Re: bug#5596: Term type warning lacks final \n
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:03:52 -0500

> $ 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);

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