From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7632 invoked by alias); 26 Apr 2014 07:38:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 7622 invoked by uid 89); 26 Apr 2014 07:38:02 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl Received: from smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (HELO smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl) (194.109.24.30) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:38:00 +0000 Received: from webmail.xs4all.nl (dovemail19.xs4all.nl [194.109.26.21]) by smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s3Q7bvdo014490 for ; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:37:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from houder@xs4all.nl) Received: from 83.163.110.75 (SquirrelMail authenticated user incog) by webmail.xs4all.nl with HTTP; Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:37:57 +0200 Message-ID: <195943e6406b2237c60c2d7df9ddcd11.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 07:38:00 -0000 Subject: Re: Screen crippled by applications using alternative screen From: "Houder" To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.18 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SW-Source: 2014-04/txt/msg00607.txt.bz2 > I'm still having issues with applications which use alternative screen for > output (LESS, MAN). When I exit that application, its output stays on > screen, prompt is displayed over it. > > My system is as follows: > [snip] > Example steps to reproduce the issue: > > 1. execute "man grep" > 2. scroll down to the end (PAGE DOWN) > 3. exit (press Q), result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/1.png > 4. execute "pwd", result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/2.png > 5. clear screen (CTRL + L), result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/3.png > > Behavior is the same in plain cmd.exe, Console2 and ConEmu. MinTTY works > fine. If I exit MAN on first page (without scrolling), the screen isn't > crippled. > > To reach clean screen I have to repeatedly clear the screen (CTRL + L) until > I browse whole MAN output (all pages). ... Same story here: MinTTY works, Windows Console (cmd.exe): crippled. My system: XP-sp3, Cygwin: 1.7.29-2 - 32 bits (behavior Windows Console was not crippled before .28 as far as I can remember) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple