URL: <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?68388>
Summary: Docs: Automatic setting of $TERM not consistently
documented
Group: GNU Screen
Submitter: pdey
Submitted: Fri 22 May 2026 12:05:41 PM UTC
Category: Documentation
Severity: 3 - Normal
Priority: 5 - Normal
Status: None
Privacy: Public
Assigned to: None
Open/Closed: Open
Discussion Lock: Unlocked
Release: 5.0.1
Fixed Release: None
Planned Release: None
Work Required: None
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Date: Fri 22 May 2026 12:05:41 PM UTC By: Peter Dey <pdey>
The manpage says the default TERM is "screen".
However, screen first tries screen.<existing term>; screen or screen-w; then
falls back to vt100.
Patch attached.
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Name: docfix-clarify-T-term-autodetection.patch Size: 1.9KiB
<https://file.savannah.gnu.org/file/docfix-clarify-T-term-autodetection.patch?file_id=58650>
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