On Sat, 2 May 1998, Rev. Joseph Carter wrote:
> On Sat, May 02, 1998 at 11:42:39PM +0200, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > >There doesn't seem to be a "reliable" method for determining whether or
> > >not you are in an xterm. Any method so far suggested has "natural"
> > >configuration situations that break the method.
> >
> > When you start an xterm, TERM is set to xterm; why not test for that?
>
> Test $DISPLAY, it's the Right Way to test for X.
I see: in a console the environmental variable DISPLAY is not defined, but
it will be in any X window.
Sounds like it should work for ae's needs...
Thanks,
Dwarf
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