Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 16:33:50 +0200 From: Holger Sebert <holger.sebert@mailbox.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: totally OT: How to prevent Linux guest from clearing screen entering/leaving vim Message-ID: <dac6397d-367a-2f96-aef1-53ddc91b51ce@mailbox.org> In-Reply-To: <CAGBxaXmdR2V0UMoFc-A6LZGtfDG0Y_%2Be4mDBT5%2B2aERqHMSYwg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAGBxaX=MreN=jQMLhQj7-2vM89nkkb3wEAdfDBz2v_6wh7Fmjw@mail.gmail.com> <20230603120016.803642b5e7d4c56b4725e7cc@sohara.org> <CAGBxaXmdR2V0UMoFc-A6LZGtfDG0Y_%2Be4mDBT5%2B2aERqHMSYwg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 6/3/23 14:34, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 7:00 AM 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= > > 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 > I think the (mis-)feature you are experiencing is called “alternate screen”. May this here helps? https://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html
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