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>	The following variables are set by <TT
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>GNOME Terminal</TT
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><TT
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>TERM</TT
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>	      This variable is set to "xterm" by default.  Some curses
	      implementations and applications based on curses might want
	      the value to be xterm-color, color-xterm or xterm-debian to
	      support colour.  You might need to change this setting if
	      your application does not display in colour to one of those
	      values.  This can now be set via the
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>COLORTERM</TT
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>	      This variable is set to "gnome-terminal".
	      Various applications (especially the
	      Slang-based applications) use this setting to determine 
	      whether the terminal supports colour.
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>	      This variable contains the X11 Window identifier.
	      This is used sometimes by applications to modify the
	      contents of this window or provide special effects.
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