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

[Jon Nelson <bigfish@enter.net>]

Not sure I quite understand what you are trying to accomplish, but...
You could just execute the command from within vi ie, :!<command>.

At 01:15 PM 8/27/01 -0400, you wrote:
> > 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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