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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: xterm termcap definition
To: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams)
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 15:33:02 -0700 (MST)
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In-Reply-To: <199610211940.NAA16880@rocky.mt.sri.com> from "Nate Williams" at Oct 21, 96 01:40:27 pm
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> > >... SunOS,...  None of them xterm entries
> > >used the alternate screen behavior by default.
> 
> >  Interesting.  SunOS 4.1.3's /usr/src/usr.etc/termcap/termcap.src has
> > the alternate screen behavior; are you sure you weren't using a
> > modified termcap?
> 
> Interesting again.  I just checked, and they do have the entries,
> although 'more' on a Sun doesn't seem to use them.

This is my experience as well: vi uses them, more does not.

Maybe it's the less/more dichotomy that's killing you?

Or maybe you are ":!more <somefile>" from vi?


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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