# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1367389444 14400
# Node ID e84b77df8940ddba4fa699ed0bb0385b31823c5c
# Parent  49832f60282e2d10f9522f97d489bbfe37fb802d
ensure TERM environment variable is set when GUI starts

* octave-gui.cc (octave_start_gui): If TERM environment variable is
not set, set it to "xterm".

diff -r 49832f60282e -r e84b77df8940 libgui/src/octave-gui.cc
--- a/libgui/src/octave-gui.cc	Wed May 01 02:02:21 2013 -0400
+++ b/libgui/src/octave-gui.cc	Wed May 01 02:24:04 2013 -0400
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 static void
 dissociate_terminal (void)
 {
-#if ! defined (Q_OS_WIN32) || defined (Q_OS_CYGWIN)
+#if ! defined (__WIN32__) || defined (__CYGWIN__)
 # if defined (HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H) && defined (TIOCNOTTY)
 
   ioctl (0, TIOCNOTTY);
@@ -115,6 +115,17 @@
           // 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");
+#endif
+
           // create main window, read settings, and show window
           main_window w;
           w.read_settings ();  // get widget settings after construction