Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wanted to describe the control-mouse alternate screen switching > capability because it is useful to know about and can help people > understand what is happening at a better level of detail. People who > have never heard of the alternate screen buffer often believe the > screen data is simply gone. Being able to flip back and forth to it > shows where it is and that it is still available. It provides a > better understanding of what is happening under the hood.
That's essentially why I added the feature - so I could see what actually happened to the text on the alternate screen. If it were something one would use all the time, it would be worth spending time to popup a window showing the data... > In my experience there are three types of people with regards to this > issue. 1) People who like the alternate screen buffer. 2) People who > don't like the alternate screen buffer. 3) People who sometimes like > it and sometimes don't like it. :-) Therefore I think that for the > people who don't like the behavior that they should simply disable > it. They are probably never going to like it. But it is configurable > in the personal environment so just configure it. right - noting that it's not _always_ possible, it's nice to not have the design choices hardcoded. (and if I do change some feature, it should be not difficult for the user to change it back ;-) -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
