From 37ffbb1402b0a6e3104f45055349612f47dc8c2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timo Bingmann <tbgit@panthema.net>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 17:56:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] emacs: use TERMINAL environment variable

---
 home/default/basic.nix       | 5 +++++
 home/develop/emacs/custom.el | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/home/default/basic.nix b/home/default/basic.nix
index ffe1ee7..1a926c0 100644
--- a/home/default/basic.nix
+++ b/home/default/basic.nix
@@ -6,4 +6,9 @@
   # Home Manager needs a bit of information about you and the paths it should manage.
   home.username = lib.mkDefault "tb";
   home.homeDirectory = lib.mkDefault "/home/${config.home.username}";
+
+  # Set default terminal environment variable
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    TERMINAL = lib.mkDefault "urxvt";
+  };
 }
diff --git a/home/develop/emacs/custom.el b/home/develop/emacs/custom.el
index f88d614..5c3b8fc 100644
--- a/home/develop/emacs/custom.el
+++ b/home/develop/emacs/custom.el
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ frame if FRAME is nil, and to 1 if AMT is nil."
   (interactive)
   (if (file-remote-p default-directory)
       (shell)
-    (start-process "terminal" nil "urxvt")))
+    (start-process "terminal" nil (getenv "TERMINAL"))))
 
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