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#1 2021-11-21 20:22:33

pradtf
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[SOLVED] gnome-terminal and emacs -nw producing weird stuff

using gnome-terminal,

i create a text file:
echo "hello" > test

then i open test with emacs -nw:
emacs -nw test

and i get:
[Ihello]
instead of just
hello

everytime i move the mouse off the terminal more stuff gets added to that first line like this:
[[[[[[[IOIOIOIhello]]]]]]]

only the first line is affected.

this behavior doesn't occur if i use -q (in gnome-terminal)
emacs -nw -q
(so there seems to be something strange about the init.el file may be)

nor does it happen in xterm at all.


gnome-terminal at one time didn't do this.

what is happening (i imagine it has something to do with graphic codes)?
how do i stop it (or find the problem in my emacs config files)?

Last edited by pradtf (2021-11-21 20:42:36)


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#2 2021-11-21 20:30:50

Slithery
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Re: [SOLVED] gnome-terminal and emacs -nw producing weird stuff

Have you set your TERM variable anywhere?
Output of env please.


No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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#3 2021-11-21 20:34:33

pradtf
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Re: [SOLVED] gnome-terminal and emacs -nw producing weird stuff

TERM=xterm-256color

I just set
TERM=gnome-256color

and there is no problem!

thx!!

Last edited by pradtf (2021-11-21 23:32:02)


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#4 2021-11-21 20:45:52

Slithery
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Re: [SOLVED] gnome-terminal and emacs -nw producing weird stuff

You shouldn't be setting TERM anywhere, that's what's breaking your system.


No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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#5 2021-11-21 22:27:54

pradtf
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Re: [SOLVED] gnome-terminal and emacs -nw producing weird stuff

Slithery wrote:

You shouldn't be setting TERM anywhere, that's what's breaking your system.

oh i didn't know that.

i never set TERM after installing gnome, so i don't know how it got xterm-256colors.

how do i fix the problem then without exporting TERM in .zshenv?

things seem to be working fine now, but i'd like to know the proper way to deal with this.


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