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Eli Zaretskii |
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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 12ad276: Improve documentation of TERM environment variable |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Dec 2017 04:46:11 -0500 (EST) |
branch: emacs-26
commit 12ad276d1586b2fe3cff9620538e2542773bc0f1
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Improve documentation of TERM environment variable
* doc/emacs/trouble.texi (Checklist):
* doc/emacs/building.texi (Compilation Shell):
* doc/emacs/misc.texi (Shell Options): Improve indexing of TERM.
* doc/emacs/building.texi (Compilation Shell): Mention
'comint-terminfo-terminal' in conjunction with the TERM value.
---
doc/emacs/building.texi | 5 +++++
doc/emacs/misc.texi | 3 ++-
doc/emacs/trouble.texi | 2 +-
3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/building.texi b/doc/emacs/building.texi
index 87ac61b..e108a4e 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/building.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/building.texi
@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@ And here's how to do it in csh:
if ($?prompt) set prompt = @dots{}
@end example
address@hidden TERM, environment variable, in compilation mode
+ If you want to customize the value of the @env{TERM} environment
+variable passed to the compilation subshell, customize the variable
address@hidden (@pxref{Shell Options}).
+
Emacs does not expect a compiler process to launch asynchronous
subprocesses; if it does, and they keep running after the main
compiler process has terminated, Emacs may kill them or their output
diff --git a/doc/emacs/misc.texi b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
index b6b396a..e4be004 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/misc.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/misc.texi
@@ -1397,9 +1397,10 @@ directory stack if they are not already on it
underlying shell, of course.
@vindex comint-terminfo-terminal
address@hidden TERM, environment variable, in sub-shell
Comint mode sets the @env{TERM} environment variable to a safe default
value, but this value disables some useful features. For example,
-color is disabled for applications that use @env{TERM} to determine if
+color is disabled in applications that use @env{TERM} to determine if
color is supported. Therefore, Emacs provides an option
@code{comint-terminfo-terminal}, which you can set to a terminal that
is present in your system's terminfo database, in order to take
diff --git a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi
index 4a836c3..e98322d 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/trouble.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/trouble.texi
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ the dribble file.
@item
@findex open-termscript
@cindex termscript file
address@hidden @env{TERM} environment variable
address@hidden TERM, environment variable, and display bugs
For possible display bugs, the terminal type (the value of environment
variable @env{TERM}), the complete termcap entry for the terminal from
@file{/etc/termcap} (since that file is not identical on all machines),
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