Bill Jonas on Mon, 27 Aug 2001 21:10:12 +0200


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


On Mon, Aug 27, 2001 at 01:18:17PM -0400, mike_phillips@urscorp.com wrote:
> > only in linux, vi replaces the screen with something else--
> > clears it up or restores the old contents.
> 
> Not for me it doesn't. It works exactly how you want. I'm using vim 5.7 
> built from source.

>From the console, that's entirely true.  However, it works as he
described in an xterm.  (He should've said "xterm" instead of "linux".)

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