Bug #2397
closed
xterm window content cleared after man(1) exit
90%
Description
Starting with commit 3ac91e86fba7d34199699a87e1ff109aacc8eec4 "ncurses: move USE_GETCAP, update README files", xterm now clears its window when the end of a man page is reached and the man(1) program exits.
The behavior makes it impossible to read a complete man page without piping the output to less(1), which is very annoying.
setting TERM=cons25 in xterm can be used as a workaround but breaks curse-based applications.
Updated by marino over 11 years ago
These links give hints what needs to be changed:
https://blogs.oracle.com/samf/entry/smcup_rmcup_hate
from: http://chenyufei.info/blog/2011-12-15/prevent-vim-less-clear-screen-on-exit/
Updated by marino over 11 years ago
- Status changed from New to Feedback
This patch fixes the issue for me:
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/~marino/0002-xterm-Remove-ability-to-restore-console-after-man-le.patch
I touched /usr/src/lib/libnurses/libncurses/Makefile after applying it, then ran "make -j 8 quickworld && make installworld".
After that, man(1) and the pagers don't restore the screen after running.
If you confirm, I'll commit the patch.
Updated by ftigeot over 11 years ago
- Status changed from Feedback to In Progress
- % Done changed from 0 to 90
Fix confirmed, man(1) once again behaves as it used to.
Updated by marino over 11 years ago
Thanks for the confirmation, Francois.
http://gitweb.dragonflybsd.org/dragonfly.git/commit/fa9d1446df0fc2629c6ebad4eef85d54ffecac4c
Updated by marino over 11 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Closed
Seems to still be working fine.