* lisp/term/xterm.el (xterm--version-handler): Don't use modern xterm

features on gnome-terminal.

Fixes: debbugs:16988

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 679c9ab51d7..b76d3c4a194 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2014-04-22  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
+
+        * term/xterm.el (xterm--version-handler): Don't use modern xterm
+        features on gnome-terminal (bug#16988).
+
 2014-04-22  Michael Heerdegen  <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
 
         * dired.el (dired-insert-set-properties): Do not consider
diff --git a/lisp/term/xterm.el b/lisp/term/xterm.el
index eac40141979..52487f3bded 100644
--- a/lisp/term/xterm.el
+++ b/lisp/term/xterm.el
@@ -503,6 +503,12 @@ The relevant features are:
     ;; Since xterm-280, the terminal type (NUMBER1) is now 41 instead of 0.
     (when (string-match "\\([0-9]+\\);\\([0-9]+\\);0" str)
       (let ((version (string-to-number (match-string 2 str))))
+        (when (and (> version 2000) (equal (match-string 1 str) "1"))
+          ;; Hack attack!  bug#16988: gnome-terminal reports "1;NNNN;0"
+          ;; with a large NNNN but is based on a rather old xterm code.
+          ;; Gnome terminal 3.6.1 reports 1;3406;0
+          ;; Gnome terminal 2.32.1 reports 1;2802;0
+          (setq version 200))
         ;; If version is 242 or higher, assume the xterm supports
         ;; reporting the background color (TODO: maybe earlier
         ;; versions do too...)