Merge pull request #133 from jquast/backport-blessings-changes

For very lightweight environments, prefer terminal type 'dumb', and in case `TERM=`, that is, an empty string, also use phrase `dumb`, instead of `` or `unknown` as used previously, backporting 4e51546 from erikrose#39
jquast · Jan 18, 2020 · 8554692 · 8554692
2 parents 55bb6b4 + 84bd761
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diff --git a/blessed/terminal.py b/blessed/terminal.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def __init__(self, kind=None, stream=None, force_styling=False):
         if platform.system() == 'Windows':
             self._kind = kind or curses.get_term(self._init_descriptor)
         else:
-            self._kind = kind or os.environ.get('TERM', 'unknown')
+            self._kind = kind or os.environ.get('TERM', 'dumb') or 'dumb'
 
         if self.does_styling:
             # Initialize curses (call setupterm), so things like tigetstr() work.

diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ def _get_long_description(fname):
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries',
         'Topic :: Software Development :: User Interfaces',
         'Topic :: Terminals'