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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1993-08-09 05:45:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1993-08-09 05:45:12 +0000 |
| commit | e1e181481073081fe9db19d2b933a4cf610540de (patch) | |
| tree | ddb5aa04123080f0763b62910e82025e812f5f74 /src/term.c | |
| parent | 27edbaafbfa17c8a7e940af23283646e178e00da (diff) | |
| download | emacs-e1e181481073081fe9db19d2b933a4cf610540de.tar.gz | |
(term_init): Improve error messages (give sh commands).
Diffstat (limited to 'src/term.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/term.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/term.c b/src/term.c index 954263c6f0d..bf6098ee6af 100644 --- a/src/term.c +++ b/src/term.c @@ -1347,7 +1347,12 @@ term_init (terminal_type) if (status < 0) fatal ("Cannot open termcap database file.\n"); if (status == 0) - fatal ("Terminal type %s is not defined.\n", terminal_type); + fatal ("Terminal type %s is not defined.\n\ +If that is not the actual type of terminal you have,\n\ +use the Bourne shell command `TERM=... export TERM' (C-shell:\n\ +`setenv TERM ...') to specify the correct type. It may be necessary\n\ +to do `unset TERMCAP' (C-shell: `unsetenv TERMCAP') as well.\n", + terminal_type); #ifdef TERMINFO area = (char *) malloc (2044); @@ -1558,8 +1563,9 @@ or `define EMACS_TERM \"terminal type\"' for non-DEC terminals.\n", fatal ("Terminal type \"%s\" is not powerful enough to run Emacs.\n\ It lacks the ability to position the cursor.\n\ If that is not the actual type of terminal you have,\n\ -use the C-shell command `setenv TERM ...' to specify the correct type.\n\ -It may be necessary to do `unsetenv TERMCAP' as well.\n", +use the Bourne shell command `TERM=... export TERM' (C-shell:\n\ +`setenv TERM ...') to specify the correct type. It may be necessary\n\ +to do `unset TERMCAP' (C-shell: `unsetenv TERMCAP') as well.\n", terminal_type); #endif if (FRAME_HEIGHT (selected_frame) <= 0 |