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Subject: Re: svn commit: r200369 - in head: etc share/termcap
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In message: <19235.10488.325168.267306@hergotha.csail.mit.edu>
            Garrett Wollman <wollman@bimajority.org> writes:
: <<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*.

It is totally evil and unuseful.  Or to wax bdeish: "It pessimizes my
xterm experience"

Warner