From: Andrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:49:35 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: #1119331: ncurses will just call exit() if the terminal name isn't found.
X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~97
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=322349e31b3c1472543428382b84a32d2fc2dfc7;p=python

#1119331: ncurses will just call exit() if the terminal name isn't found.
Call setupterm() first so that we get a Python exception instead of just existing.
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diff --git a/Lib/curses/__init__.py b/Lib/curses/__init__.py
index aba540b70e..c3f2f25c30 100644
--- a/Lib/curses/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/curses/__init__.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ __revision__ = "$Id$"
 
 from _curses import *
 from curses.wrapper import wrapper
+import os as _os
 
 # Some constants, most notably the ACS_* ones, are only added to the C
 # _curses module's dictionary after initscr() is called.  (Some
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ from curses.wrapper import wrapper
 
 def initscr():
     import _curses, curses
+    # we call setupterm() here because it raises an error
+    # instead of calling exit() in error cases.
+    setupterm(term=_os.environ.get("TERM", "unknown"))
     stdscr = _curses.initscr()
     for key, value in _curses.__dict__.items():
         if key[0:4] == 'ACS_' or key in ('LINES', 'COLS'):