Bug#991982: nano does not work with TERM unset

2021-08-11 Thread Benno Schulenberg
>> For me, 'TERM=dumb nano somefile' does not work, not on a console, not >> on an xterm, not on Xfce Terminal -- it shows something, but is totally >> unusable: the user cannot see what he or she is doing. What terminal >> are you using? > > Yes but it run, it is unusable but it run. The proble

Bug#991982: nano does not work with TERM unset

2021-08-10 Thread Bastien Roucariès
Le mardi 10 août 2021, 08:05:00 UTC Benno Schulenberg a écrit : > Op 09-08-2021 om 15:08 schreef Bastien Roucariès: > > nano work with TERM=dumb (but is strange but it work), > > For me, 'TERM=dumb nano somefile' does not work, not on a console, not > on an xterm, not on Xfce Terminal -- it shows

Bug#991982: nano does not work with TERM unset

2021-08-10 Thread Benno Schulenberg
Op 09-08-2021 om 15:08 schreef Bastien Roucariès: > nano work with TERM=dumb (but is strange but it work), For me, 'TERM=dumb nano somefile' does not work, not on a console, not on an xterm, not on Xfce Terminal -- it shows something, but is totally unusable: the user cannot see what he or she is

Bug#991982: nano does not work with TERM unset

2021-08-09 Thread Bastien Roucariès
Le dimanche 8 août 2021, 10:04:30 UTC Benno Schulenberg a écrit : > > $env -i nano > > command fail because TERM is unset > > I can work around an unset TERM. But what if TERM=="" or TERM=="nonsense"? > Checking whether TERM is a valid terminal name goes too far, in my opinion. > > Also, is the

Bug#991982: nano does not work with TERM unset

2021-08-09 Thread Bastien Roucariès
Le dimanche 8 août 2021, 14:57:42 UTC Bastien Roucariès a écrit : > Le dimanche 8 août 2021, 10:04:30 UTC Benno Schulenberg a écrit : > > > $env -i nano > > > command fail because TERM is unset > > > > I can work around an unset TERM. But what if TERM=="" or > > TERM=="nonsense"? > > Checking whe

Bug#991982: nano does not work with TERM unset

2021-08-08 Thread Bastien Roucariès
Le dimanche 8 août 2021, 10:04:30 UTC Benno Schulenberg a écrit : > > $env -i nano > > command fail because TERM is unset > > I can work around an unset TERM. But what if TERM=="" or TERM=="nonsense"? > Checking whether TERM is a valid terminal name goes too far, in my opinion. > > Also, is the

Bug#991982: nano does not work with TERM unset

2021-08-08 Thread Benno Schulenberg
> $env -i nano > command fail because TERM is unset I can work around an unset TERM. But what if TERM=="" or TERM=="nonsense"? Checking whether TERM is a valid terminal name goes too far, in my opinion. Also, is the 'vt100' terminal description guaranteed to exist? I ask, because 'dumb' and 'v