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Bug #2397

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xterm window content cleared after man(1) exit

Added by ftigeot about 12 years ago. Updated almost 12 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
-
Category:
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Target version:
-
Start date:
07/22/2012
Due date:
% Done:

90%

Estimated time:

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.

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