On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:18:32PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote: >> @@ What "alternate screen"? @@ > > Good question. It's vt100 lingo for a second logical screen that > wholescreen apps such as editors normally use, often through the (n)curses > library. (I'm taking "wholescreen" to mean an app controlling the whole > terminal screen, as opposed to the terminal window being in fullscreen > mode.) > >> = Is there an alternate screen toggle in 'mintty' as there is >> in 'xterm'? > > I didn't know xterm actually had a UI for this. Do people find this useful?
The only time I've found it useful is when I find myself inadvertently in the alternate screen and want to see the other one or vice-versa. That happens to me maybe once a year. YMMV. >> = How do you invoke it? > >You shouldn't need to really. Apps such as 'less' or 'vi' switch to it >using the releavant vt100 incantation. FWIW, the Cygwin console mode implements this too thanks, IIRC, to Corinna. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
