Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:36:31 +0200 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Switch to alternate screen buffer Message-ID: <20080724133631.GA31077@marge.bs.l>
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Hi, this is difficult to google for. In a terminal window I oftenly pipe some progams output to vim or to less: $ someprg | vim - When the program fails and outputs an error message to stderr this will be overwritten by Vim. I know from some old Linux installations that Less and Vim are able to switch to an alternate screen buffer. They use the escape sequences "\e[?1049h" and "\e[?1049l" to switch back respectively. How can I activate this in FreeBSD? Thanks in advance. Bertram -- Bertram Scharpf Stuttgart, Deutschland/Germany http://www.bertram-scharpf.de
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