Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:40:48 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Ed Schouten <ed@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Christoph Mallon <christoph.mallon@gmx.de>, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r200369 - in head: etc share/termcap Message-ID: <4B236520.7040204@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4B236403.2080408@FreeBSD.org> References: <200912102225.nBAMPrZx076758@svn.freebsd.org> <ygek4wtgyp4.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> <19235.10488.325168.267306@hergotha.csail.mit.edu> <4B232E39.4000305@FreeBSD.org> <4B236147.7030603@gmx.de> <4B236403.2080408@FreeBSD.org>
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on 12/12/2009 11:36 Doug Barton said the following: > Christoph Mallon wrote: >> Doug Barton wrote: >>> Garrett Wollman wrote: >>>> <<On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:20:07 +0900, Hajimu UMEMOTO >>>> <ume@FreeBSD.org> said: >>>> >>>>> It's great, thank!! >>>>> I believe that our xterm entry was modified not to clear screen when >>>>> applications such as less(1) are terminated. Are there any chance to >>>>> back to the behavior? >>>> <aol/> >>>> >>>> I don't understand why people put up with the unspeakably obnoxious >>>> "alternate screen" behavior. Please don't tell me someone actually >>>> thinks it's *useful*. >>> I actually liked having the remnants of whatever I was looking at in >>> $PAGER left behind on the screen, and would appreciate it if someone >>> could tell me how to restore that locally. >> %echo $LESS >> -X > > Yeah, I should have been more clear. I am aware of that solution for > less, but I also dislike this behavior for vi, etc. Basically, I want > to know what to twiddle to get the old behavior back. Perhaps, Ed? :-) Seriously, I think that this change is a mild POLA violation, which neither was discussed nor welcome as it seems. Perhaps, not even planned. So I believe that termcap should be changed back to traditional behavior for FreeBSD. At least for now. -- Andriy Gapon
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