Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:03:57 +0200 From: Bertram Scharpf <lists@bertram-scharpf.de> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switch to alternate screen buffer Message-ID: <20080726130357.GB10056@marge.bs.l> In-Reply-To: <20080724165727.O3416@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <20080724133631.GA31077@marge.bs.l> <20080724165727.O3416@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Hi,
Am Donnerstag, 24. Jul 2008, 16:57:40 +0200 schrieb Wojciech Puchar:
>> 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[?1047h" and "\e[?1047l" to switch back respectively.
>>
>> How can I activate this in FreeBSD?
>
> no idea but do
>
> someprg 2>&1|vim -
No. I will not waive. This is not Microsoft here.
Edit /usr/share/misc/termcap. Change the following entry:
xterm|xterm-color|X11 terminal emulator:\
:ti=\E[?47h:te=\E[?47l:tc=xterm-xfree86:
Don't forget to execute "cap_mkdb termcap".
No need to get over with a poor workaround.
Bertram
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