diff -aurN gnome-terminal-2.13.90.orig/src/terminal-screen.c gnome-terminal-2.13.90/src/terminal-screen.c
--- gnome-terminal-2.13.90.orig/src/terminal-screen.c	2006-01-30 05:19:50.000000000 +0100
+++ gnome-terminal-2.13.90/src/terminal-screen.c	2006-01-30 23:25:26.100754000 +0100
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@
   retval[i] = g_strdup ("COLORTERM="EXECUTABLE_NAME);
   ++i;
 
-  retval[i] = g_strdup ("TERM=xterm"); /* FIXME configurable later? */
+  retval[i] = g_strdup ("TERM=gnome"); /* FIXME configurable later? */
   ++i;
 
   retval[i] = g_strdup_printf ("WINDOWID=%ld",