From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 11 20:33:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93E21065672 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:33:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net) Received: from mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (rachie.is-a-geek.net [66.230.99.27]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B26C68FC2C for ; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:33:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smoochies.rachie.is-a-geek.net (mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net [192.168.2.11]) by mailhub.rachie.is-a-geek.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E7C37E858; Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:33:42 -0900 (AKST) From: Mel Flynn To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:33:40 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.12.1 (FreeBSD/8.0-RC1; KDE/4.3.1; i386; ; ) References: <20091111101207.GF64905@hoeg.nl> <200911112031.43685.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200911112133.40692.mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> Cc: Ben Kelly Subject: Re: Final call for testers: TERM=xterm X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:33:44 -0000 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