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Diffstat (limited to 'src/dispnew.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/dispnew.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/dispnew.c b/src/dispnew.c index 87d99fd9917..1d977898f60 100644 --- a/src/dispnew.c +++ b/src/dispnew.c @@ -6866,9 +6866,15 @@ init_display () For types defined in VMS, use set term /device=TYPE.\n\ For types not defined in VMS, use define emacs_term \"TYPE\".\n\ \(The quotation marks are necessary since terminal types are lower case.)\n"); -#else - fprintf (stderr, "Please set the environment variable TERM; see tset(1).\n"); -#endif +#else /* not VMS */ + +#ifdef HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM + if (! inhibit_window_system) + fprintf (stderr, "Please set the environment variable DISPLAY or TERM (see `tset').\n"); + else +#endif /* HAVE_WINDOW_SYSTEM */ + fprintf (stderr, "Please set the environment variable TERM; see `tset'.\n"); +#endif /* not VMS */ exit (1); } |