Re: Strange "1;2600;0c" sequence in startup (message-mode?)

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

jester@panix.com (Jesse Sheidlower) writes:

> In article <8739l51gce.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>,
> David Kastrup  <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
>>jester@panix.com (Jesse Sheidlower) writes:
>>
>>> I have recently been seeing a strange sequence of characters when I
>>> start Emacs up to send a message, either when sending a new message,
>>> or replying to an existing one. I believe that this started when I
>>> began to use message-mode. Typically it will be "1;2600;0c", inserted
>>> at the start of a message, but I have noticed other numbers close to
>>> "2600" in the middle section.
>>
>>This looks similar to cursor positioning control sequences.  Are you
>>using Emacs on a character terminal rather than in graphical mode?
>
> Yes, I am--when this happens I'm ssh'd into a Unix shell, and am
> interacting with Emacs there, not in an X display.
>
> Er, so what does this mean in terms of trying to fix it? It's a
> relatively new phenomenon.

I told you.  Set your TERM environment variable correctly, or correct
the terminfo database on the remote system.

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