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Date:      Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:30:37 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 285459] User-friendly documentation for alternate screen
Message-ID:  <bug-285459-9@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>

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            Bug ID: 285459
           Summary: User-friendly documentation for alternate screen
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Books & Articles
          Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com

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Please add something in the documentation portal to explain use and avoidan=
ce
of alternate screen (or alternate screen buffer). There's nothing at the
moment:=20

grahamperrin:~ % rg --sort path -i alternate\ screen /usr/doc
grahamperrin:~ %=20


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From
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dbsddialog&sektion=3D1&manpath=
=3Dfreebsd-current#DESCRIPTION>:=20

> =E2=80=A6 alternate screen mode, see terminfo(5).

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=3Dterminfo&sektion=3D5&manpath=
=3Dfreebsd-current>
does not mention an alternate screen.

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