On 2021-10-17 09:35:26 -0700, Kevin J. McCarthy wrote: > On Sun, Oct 17, 2021 at 12:25:24AM -0500, Oskari Pirhonen wrote: > > Add the option to clear the screen when quitting mutt. This is > > controlled by the clear_on_quit config option. Defaults to "no". > > I think most terminals nowadays have alternative screen support enabled by > default, don't they? Unless this is a common option in other applications, > I don't feel like this belongs inside Mutt.
Following my remark about the privacy reason, I think that the patch would be useful to make sure that data are not silently left on the alternate screen (which is no longer visible after quitting Mutt, but can be retrieved at least in xterm with its menus, and possibly via escape sequences I think). The patch clears the screen before quitting the curses window, thus does the right thing. But the description needs a bit more details, as many users might think that this option is not useful for them (as the alternate screen is no longer visible), while it could be. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
