aab on Mon, 27 Aug 2001 17:30:15 +0200


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Re: [PLUG] how to prevent vi clear the screen


It's not what you asked for, but it's a Q&D way of making it work ... set
up an alias for vi, view and edit that does a clearscreen before it opens
the file.  When you close out, there won't be anything to restore.

andrew.

On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 epike@isinet.com wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Anybody knows how I can prevent vi and less from
> restoring the terminal contents when I exit the
> program?  
> 
> I mean, when I start vi, view or edit something,
> it clears the screen--which is ok--but when I 
> quit it, the shell restores the original screen
> before vi was started..its annoying for me.
> 
> JondZ / e pike
> 
> 
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