(comint-exec-1): Use dumb instead of unknown, for terminfo.

diff --git a/lisp/comint.el b/lisp/comint.el
index f0e717e..fca8313 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/comint.el
+++ b/lisp/comint.el
@@ -582,13 +582,13 @@ buffer.  The hook `comint-exec-hook' is run after each exec."
         (nconc
          ;; If using termcap, we specify `emacs' as the terminal type
          ;; because that lets us specify a width.
-         ;; If using terminfo, we specify `unknown' because that is
+         ;; If using terminfo, we specify `dumb' because that is
          ;; a defined terminal type.  `emacs' is not a defined terminal type
          ;; and there is no way for us to define it here.
          ;; Some programs that use terminfo get very confused
          ;; if TERM is not a valid terminal type.
          (if (and (boundp 'system-uses-terminfo) system-uses-terminfo)
-             (list "TERM=unknown"
+             (list "TERM=dumb"
                    (format "COLUMNS=%d" (frame-width)))
            (list "TERM=emacs"
                  (format "TERMCAP=emacs:co#%d:tc=unknown:" (frame-width))))