Re: Bad interaction -- alternate console buffer and console history

2004-12-09 Thread Larry Hall
At 10:16 PM 12/9/2004, you wrote: >I apologize if this is a FAQ. > >One of the clever features of the `cygwin' TERM type is that programs like >`man' and `more' and others switch to a secondary screen buffer, so that >when you exit the program, you get back the original buffer, uncluttered by >the

Bad interaction -- alternate console buffer and console history

2004-12-09 Thread Ben Wing
I apologize if this is a FAQ. One of the clever features of the `cygwin' TERM type is that programs like `man' and `more' and others switch to a secondary screen buffer, so that when you exit the program, you get back the original buffer, uncluttered by the program's output. Unfortunately, this i