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patch 8.0.1665: when running a terminal from the GUI 'term' is not useful

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Problem:    When running a terminal from the GUI 'term' is not useful.
Solution:   Use $TERM in the GUI if it starts with "xterm". (closes #2776)
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Bram Moolenaar
2018-04-05 22:15:22 +02:00
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@ -352,7 +352,9 @@ On Unix a pty is used to make it possible to run all kinds of commands. You
can even run Vim in the terminal! That's used for debugging, see below.
Environment variables are used to pass information to the running job:
TERM name of the terminal, from the 'term' option
TERM the name of the terminal, from the 'term' option or
$TERM in the GUI; falls back to "xterm" if it does not
start with "xterm"
ROWS number of rows in the terminal initially
LINES same as ROWS
COLUMNS number of columns in the terminal initially