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| -rw-r--r-- | blessings/__init__.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/blessings/__init__.py b/blessings/__init__.py index 98b75c3..3872b5f 100644 --- a/blessings/__init__.py +++ b/blessings/__init__.py @@ -94,8 +94,13 @@ class Terminal(object): # init sequences to the stream if it has a file descriptor, and # send them to stdout as a fallback, since they have to go # somewhere. - setupterm(kind or environ.get('TERM', 'unknown'), - self._init_descriptor) + try: + setupterm(kind or environ.get('TERM', 'dumb'), + self._init_descriptor) + except: + # There was an error setting up the terminal, either curses is + # not supported or TERM is incorrectly set. Fall back to dumb. + self._does_styling = False self.stream = stream |