Re: (getenv "TERM) always returns "dumb"

[Peter Heslin]

On 2004-08-31, Stefan <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I think we should revert that change unless Stefan comes up with a better
> > idea.
> 
>  I still think the change is basically right, but I agree that we should
>  probably revert it since noone seems to have the time or inclination to do
>  the additional necessary changes (i.e. keep TERM set until after running
>  the terminal-specific config file and stash the original TERM value
>  somewhere so that a new `terminal-type' function can return it to code that
>  needs it).

It might be worth looking at the multi-tty branch, to see if it
already provides for such a function.

Peter