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Re: tip of the day: stop prevent 'man' from clearing the screen on exit



On Fri, Apr 11, 2003 at 12:58:12 -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> Quite true.  It is also deficient in that it only affects less, not vi
> and, essentially, every other app that uses curses.  So what's the better
> solution, that fixes all curses apps and doesn't disable cursor keys?

Disable the alternate screen in the terminfo.

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