Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 08:34:05 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steve@sohara.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: totally OT: How to prevent Linux guest from clearing screen entering/leaving vim Message-ID: <CAGBxaXmdR2V0UMoFc-A6LZGtfDG0Y_%2Be4mDBT5%2B2aERqHMSYwg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20230603120016.803642b5e7d4c56b4725e7cc@sohara.org> References: <CAGBxaX=MreN=jQMLhQj7-2vM89nkkb3wEAdfDBz2v_6wh7Fmjw@mail.gmail.com> <20230603120016.803642b5e7d4c56b4725e7cc@sohara.org>
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On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 7:00=E2=80=AFAM Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org= > wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Jun 2023 06:40:21 -0400 > Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 1) The terminal clears (thus ruining any possibility of scrolling back > > to stuff I want to reference) when I enter and leave vi.... i.e. > > command line stuff is not visible inside vim and vim is not visible > > (with no amount of scrolling back) if I am in command line mode.. . > > this makes fixing compiler errors ***VERY*** annoying since I have an > > increased cognitive load from having to remember the line number and > > the error... It also make cutting and pasting next to impossible > > This one I also hate. and kn ow how to fix :) add this to > your .vimrc > > :set t_te=3D Still doesn't completely solve it because once I leave vim (or am in vim) I still can not scroll back before the start of the vim session (i.e. still can't see the compiler [javac] errors).... it does help in being able to cut and paste stuff from vim to other places but not the other way around --=20 Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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