From 0aafd011c0adc58ddf43783764b96fdd74578243 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dequis <dx@dxzone.com.ar>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:53:16 -0300
Subject: Add a startup warning if the TERM var is wrong inside tmux/screen

One of the most common and confusing issues we get in #irssi,
this should help identifying and mitigating it.
---
 src/fe-text/irssi.c         |  2 ++
 src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 src/fe-text/term.h          |  2 ++
 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)

(limited to 'src')

diff --git a/src/fe-text/irssi.c b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
index ef443670..0288e4f1 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/irssi.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/irssi.c
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ static void textui_finish_init(void)
 		fe_settings_set_print("nick");
 	if (user_settings_changed & USER_SETTINGS_HOSTNAME)
 		fe_settings_set_print("hostname");
+
+	term_environment_check();
 }
 
 static void textui_deinit(void)
diff --git a/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c b/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
index 6645cfb0..d96e235d 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
@@ -733,3 +733,31 @@ void term_gets(GArray *buffer, int *line_count)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+static const char* term_env_warning =
+	"The TERM environment variable is set to '%s' which can cause display "
+	"glitches when running under %s.\n"
+	"Consider changing TERM to 'screen' or 'screen-256color' instead.";
+
+void term_environment_check(void)
+{
+	const char *term, *sty, *tmux, *multiplexer;
+
+	term = g_getenv("TERM");
+	sty = g_getenv("STY");
+	tmux = g_getenv("TMUX");
+
+	multiplexer = (sty && *sty) ? "screen" :
+	              (tmux && *tmux) ? "tmux" : NULL;
+
+	if (!multiplexer) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (term && (g_str_has_prefix(term, "screen") ||
+	             g_str_has_prefix(term, "tmux"))) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	g_warning(term_env_warning, term, multiplexer);
+}
diff --git a/src/fe-text/term.h b/src/fe-text/term.h
index 0c7847f6..4b1e2874 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/term.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/term.h
@@ -105,4 +105,6 @@ void term_gets(GArray *buffer, int *line_count);
 void term_common_init(void);
 void term_common_deinit(void);
 
+void term_environment_check(void);
+
 #endif
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