terminal-mode cygwin/emacs problem

Tom Roche Tom_Roche@pobox.com
Mon Oct 14 19:29:00 GMT 2002


 >>> emacs: Terminal type cygwin is not defined.
 >>> If that is not the actual type of terminal you have,
 >>> use the Bourne shell command `TERM=... export TERM' (C-shell:
 >>> `setenv TERM ...') to specify the correct type. It may be necessary
 >>> to do `unset TERMINFO' (C-shell: `unsetenv TERMINFO') as well.

Tom Roche wrote:
 >> I get the same message for 'emacs -nw'? What do I need to tell
 >> emacs? or cygwin? or both?

Joe Buehler replied:
 > Make sure terminfo is installed -- there should be a file
 > /usr/lib/terminfo/c/cygwin.

Well, I tried reinstalling terminfo, and now

 > $ find / -name '*terminfo*'
 > /etc/setup/terminfo.lst.gz
 > /lib/terminfo
 > /usr/doc/Cygwin/terminfo-5.2.README
 > /usr/doc/terminfo-5.2
 > /usr/share/terminfo

and emacs runs! However the display not quite right: when emacs
starts up, the display is usually shifted either down a line or
to the right a column from where it should be, with extraneous
characters showing in either the minibuffer, or the top of the
display (first line under windows titlebar) or both.

Joe Buehler replied:
 > note that there is a separate package for X11 emacs. If you
 > don't install it, all you get from the "emacs" package is the
 > usual terminal-mode emacs.

So I tried installing emacs-X11: it also works, but it shares the
same display-shifting defect as emacs-nox.

How can I fix this? Alternately, is there a better way to report
the problem (e.g. a bugzilla)?

But for anyone else who gets the "Terminal type" error: try
reinstalling.



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