Hi

Well, I don't really mind which we are compatible with for something
like this, but it seems like screen's way is more useful?


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 10:49:12PM -0800, George Nachman wrote:
>    I've noticed that there's a slight difference in how the DECSC/DECRC codes
>    work in tmux vs. xterm. tmux is compatible with how screen works, so it
>    very well may be intentional, but I want to be sure, since xterm is
>    sometimes considered the canonical implementation of a terminal.
>    In tmux, the DECSC (save cursor: ESC 7) command saves the cursor position
>    separately from where the cursor position is saved when you switch into
>    the alternate screen with*ESC [?1049h
>    In xterm, DECSC saves the cursor position in the same place as it's saved
>    when switching to the alternate screen, so ESC[?1049h overwrites it.
>    This escape sequence leaves the cursor at (1,1) in tmux and at (20,20) in
>    xterm:
>    ^[[1;1H^[7^[[20;20H^[[?1049h^[[?1049l^[8
>    I couldn't find any real docs on how the "screen" term is supposed to
>    work. VT100.net is vague, saying only that DECSC saves the cursor's
>    position in memory.
>    Thanks,
>    George

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