> I'm still having issues with applications which use alternative screen for > output (LESS, MAN). When I exit that application, its output stays on > screen, prompt is displayed over it. > > My system is as follows: > [snip]
> Example steps to reproduce the issue: > > 1. execute "man grep" > 2. scroll down to the end (PAGE DOWN) > 3. exit (press Q), result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/1.png > 4. execute "pwd", result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/2.png > 5. clear screen (CTRL + L), result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/3.png > > Behavior is the same in plain cmd.exe, Console2 and ConEmu. MinTTY works > fine. If I exit MAN on first page (without scrolling), the screen isn't > crippled. > > To reach clean screen I have to repeatedly clear the screen (CTRL + L) until > I browse whole MAN output (all pages). ... Same story here: MinTTY works, Windows Console (cmd.exe): crippled. My system: XP-sp3, Cygwin: 1.7.29-2 - 32 bits (behavior Windows Console was not crippled before .28 as far as I can remember) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
