[Portland-bugs] [Bug 44358] New: xdg-terminal doesn't handle common non-command TERM values like TERM=linux (Lubuntu)

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44358

             Bug #: 44358
           Summary: xdg-terminal doesn't handle common non-command TERM
                    values like TERM=linux (Lubuntu)
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: Portland
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: xdg-utils
        AssignedTo: portland-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: freedesktop.zen.ssokolow at spamgourmet.com


Created attachment 55012
  --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=55012
Patch to fix the problem

Under some common circumstances, (eg. Lubuntu 11.10 with the "Lubuntu" session
and gmrun), the current git HEAD (b961235b197647d6649ef3d48d7cc2cecafe3d47) for
xdg-terminal sees TERM=linux and DE=generic and doesn't attempt to fall back to
xterm.

This could also conceivably happen with TERM=vt100 but a valid DISPLAY in some
types of more esoteric network-transparent X11 setups.

I've attached a patch which extends the basic check for an empty TERM value to
also test for "linux" and "vt100".

However, in the long term, the most proper solution would be to test whether
the value of TERM is a valid command and use a fallback if that test fails.

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