# HG changeset patch
# User Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
# Date 1458325635 25200
# Node ID c64e57319f081803d4510a09478e853674e90625
# Parent  eebbb80bf6d9fa7e5e0a75a4e0c3d589d9be55d9
octave-gui: Set TERM unconditionally to Octave's expected terminal type (bug #47449)

* octave-gui.cc (octave_start_gui): Set TERM unconditionally to the expected
terminal type for the host system.

diff --git a/libgui/src/octave-gui.cc b/libgui/src/octave-gui.cc
--- a/libgui/src/octave-gui.cc
+++ b/libgui/src/octave-gui.cc
@@ -160,20 +160,12 @@
       // update network-settings
       resource_manager::update_network_settings ();
 
-#if ! defined (__WIN32__) || defined (__CYGWIN__)
-      // If we were started from a launcher, TERM might not be
-      // defined, but we provide a terminal with xterm
-      // capabilities.
-
-      std::string term = octave_env::getenv ("TERM");
-
-      if (term.empty ())
-        octave_env::putenv ("TERM", "xterm");
+      // We provide specific terminal capabilities, so ensure that TERM is
+      // always set appropriately
+#if defined (__WIN32__) && ! defined (__CYGWIN__)
+      octave_env::putenv ("TERM", "cygwin");
 #else
-      std::string term = octave_env::getenv ("TERM");
-
-      if (term.empty ())
-        octave_env::putenv ("TERM", "cygwin");
+      octave_env::putenv ("TERM", "xterm");
 #endif
 
       // shortcut manager