Date: Sat, 15 May 2021 23:10:38 +0300 From: Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> To: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> Cc: current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Alternate Screen Message-ID: <CALH631=0aY6PzVAAS2-%2BOeBRiEkPsG7-nx2d35Ts5dWu9f3n=Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAN6yY1t=dQNKmNh9Y7ZwO702Yj5rS5xv5QZ8%2BtbmwpiCr5G7Xg@mail.gmail.com> References: <451388d3-934c-c506-d7de-81de44b4a29a@vangyzen.net> <CALH631n-NXOD5zsR7467miVHp0naG9i_DRu5FtHRE9sZFafVJA@mail.gmail.com> <CAN6yY1t=dQNKmNh9Y7ZwO702Yj5rS5xv5QZ8%2BtbmwpiCr5G7Xg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, May 15, 2021 at 11:07 PM Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> wrote: > We went through this "alternate screen" thing about 12 or more years ago > and almost everyone hated it except those used to Linux behavior. I don't > think it ever made it into a release after all of the screams of pain. It > drives me crazy when editing on the Linux Mint VM I run from time to time. > I've never been able to figure out why anyone would find it an improvement > an I suspect it was inserted in some Unix code back in the days of the > VT100 or VT220 terminal which were super popular and supported it. I guess > it's because someone thought it was a cool thing and that terminal based > editors were the perfect use. > > In any case, please make it STOP! > -- > Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer > E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com > PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 > Sorry for the noise, but in my case it turned out to be specific to my terminal emulator - Konsole. It has an option called "reflow lines when terminal resized". Turning it off restored an old behavior for me.help
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