Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 16:17:24 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "freebsd" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: terminal features Message-ID: <40485FD5-21BC-11D7-81E0-000A27D85A7E@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <OE335RvITt7Qs6hvfPA0000292d@hotmail.com>
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On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 04:07 PM, Brian Henning wrote:
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> i currently am using putty to access my bsd box from windows 2000. Using
an
> editor such as vi, i may edit a file and exit vi. When that happens i
> would
> like the terminal to return to its original state. instead it leaves some
> of
> the file left of the screen. what i want is for the terminal to return to
> the same state it was in before entering vi.
Try a Cntl-L or 'clear'. You might also check and see what $TERM is set
to; perhaps if you set this to match what putty is setting the terminal
type to (probably VT100 or ANSI), various programs will do better at
drawing to the screen.
-Chuck
Chuck Swiger | chuck@codefab.com | All your packets are belong to
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