Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2023 13:47:48 -0400 From: Aryeh Friedman <aryeh.friedman@gmail.com> To: Holger Sebert <holger.sebert@mailbox.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: totally OT: How to prevent Linux guest from clearing screen entering/leaving vim Message-ID: <CAGBxaX=Pk5ztRc0ciQzRy=tZbwV9GMUNVEygZ0iGDNUjPBFdCw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <dac6397d-367a-2f96-aef1-53ddc91b51ce@mailbox.org> References: <CAGBxaX=MreN=jQMLhQj7-2vM89nkkb3wEAdfDBz2v_6wh7Fmjw@mail.gmail.com> <20230603120016.803642b5e7d4c56b4725e7cc@sohara.org> <CAGBxaXmdR2V0UMoFc-A6LZGtfDG0Y_%2Be4mDBT5%2B2aERqHMSYwg@mail.gmail.com> <dac6397d-367a-2f96-aef1-53ddc91b51ce@mailbox.org>
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On Sat, Jun 3, 2023 at 10:36=E2=80=AFAM Holger Sebert <holger.sebert@mailbo= x.org> wrote: > > > > On 6/3/23 14:34, Aryeh Friedman wrote: > > 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 bac= k > >>> 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 > > > > I think the (mis-)feature you are experiencing is called > =E2=80=9Calternate screen=E2=80=9D. May this here helps? Never would of found that searching on my own (chatGPT also had no idea) > > https://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html Now my question: what *MORON* thought this "feature" was a good idea?!?!? --=20 Aryeh M. Friedman, Lead Developer, http://www.PetiteCloud.org
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