redisplay screen after editor exits

Dan Bernstein brnstnd at kramden.acf.nyu.edu
Thu Oct 11 05:27:50 AEST 1990


In article <3243 at idunno.Princeton.EDU> pfalstad at bathe.Princeton.EDU (Paul John Falstad) writes:
> In article <14887 at hydra.gatech.EDU> gt0178a at prism.gatech.EDU (BURNS) writes:
> > in article <QYV%WC#@rpi.edu>, fitz at mml0.meche.rpi.edu (Brian Fitzgerald) says:
    [ how to get ``termcap end'' to redisplay old screen on tty? ]
    [ it works on SunView ]
> > Actually, I find that "feature" rather annoying.
> So do I,

Yes, and I find it annoying that vi clears the screen before pulling up
a file. But this outpouring of annoyance has nothing to do with the
question.

How about just putting vi, less, more, or whatever on a separate screen?
This shouldn't be too hard to automate, and it'll have the effect you
want.

---Dan



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