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

["Kyle R . Burton" <mortis@voicenet.com>]

> what I meant is I want vi to retain what it views on the
> screen just before I exit--I want to retain on the screen 
> what vi is editing.
> 
> When I have just one terminal and I want to see the contents
> of a file, I have this bad habit of VI'ing a file and 
> positioning the text just so that when I quit vi whatever
> file I am editing is still there showing up on the 
> screen, and I am ready for my next command...
> saves me the trouble of writing down or memorizing stuff 
> written in text files.
> 
> only in linux, vi replaces the screen with something else--
> clears it up or restores the old contents.

In vim (most likely the editor that comes with Linux), try:

  ":help save-screen"


According to the help file, and a little experimentation, adding this to
your .vimrc:

  set t_ti= t_te=


Seems to do the trick.


Kyle

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