Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:33:40 +0100 From: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Ben Kelly <ben@wanderview.com> Subject: Re: Final call for testers: TERM=xterm Message-ID: <200911112133.40692.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: <D42B2E45-C2D5-4D6D-AC10-660F600793A0@wanderview.com> References: <20091111101207.GF64905@hoeg.nl> <200911112031.43685.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> <D42B2E45-C2D5-4D6D-AC10-660F600793A0@wanderview.com>
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On Wednesday 11 November 2009 21:05:38 Ben Kelly wrote: > On Nov 11, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Mel Flynn wrote: > > On Wednesday 11 November 2009 11:12:07 Ed Schouten wrote: > >> - Better compatibility with other operating systems. > > > > I'm not in a position to test this at the moment, but does this mean our > > console will now also "fold" paging/editor applications? > > I hate this feature with a passion on linux and I've unable to find out > > how to disable it, especially since the few linux machines I manage have > > no termcap or terminfo database on the places they say they should be. > > What I mean with folding is: > > root@www:~# man less > > Reformatting less(1), please wait... > > root@www:~# > > > > As you can see, no more less(1) manpage (it's not limited to less, vim > > etc as well). When I change to vt100 terminal, this doesn't occur, hence > > my worry about the above sentence in combination with $subject. IF this > > is going to be the default, I would appreciate an rc.conf setting or at > > least an explanation of what triggers this behavior and how to turn it > > off in the manpage, as various quests in google have yielded neither > > information nor solution. > > Does this page help at all? > > http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html *bow*. Altscreen....it helps if you know what you're looking for. -- Mel
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