# Terminal not fully functional

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/terminal-not-fully-functional/121737>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [October 25, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/terminal-not-fully-functional/121737 "2024-10-25T07:46:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![eldee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@eldee](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/eldee)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/terminal-not-fully-functional/121737/17 "2024-10-26T09:25:39Z")

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By the way have you looked at [this thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522) and @mkitti’s potential fix?

> [@Warning: Terminal not fully functional with Julia 1.0.5 on Windows](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/warning-terminal-not-fully-functional-with-julia-1-0-5-on-windows/67522/25):
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> Here’s my illustration of the problem:
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/original/3X/f/d/fd4f509bb49660fc1d635b581b20edf5a101a805.png)
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> I first do `set TERM=dumb` which forces Julia into Basic REPL mode. Neither the Pkg or Help modes work as you experienced.
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> If I do `set TERM=` and then press enter. This sets the variable to an empty string. I clear the `TERM` environmental variable and then Julia functions as normal, allowing me to access the pkg and help modes as normal.

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