Mercurial > emacs
changeset 4499:c7bfd863aefd
(term_init): Improve error messages (give sh commands).
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 09 Aug 1993 05:45:12 +0000 |
| parents | c050d8a0c3db |
| children | 56d7c4beae9f |
| files | src/term.c |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/term.c Mon Aug 09 05:03:17 1993 +0000 +++ b/src/term.c Mon Aug 09 05:45:12 1993 +0000 @@ -1347,7 +1347,12 @@ 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 @@ 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