Re: less, exit but left content on screen

[David Brodbeck <brodbd@u.washington.edu>]

On Aug 12, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Thomas Dickey wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 10:40:11PM +0200, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Using the standard xterm the control-middle mouse button will display
> > many options of which one is "Show Alternate Screen".  It is possible
> > to flip back and forth (inconveniently) to see this manually  
> > switch to
> > the alternate screen buffer.
>
> ...what would you regard as a convenient way to flip back/forth?

I think what he's getting at is you can't see both at once.  This is  
annoying, e.g., if I'm reading a manpage and want to refer to an  
example while I type a new command.

My workaround is usually to open a second xterm to read manpages in.