From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22420 invoked by alias); 12 Jan 2009 00:45:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 22412 invoked by uid 22791); 12 Jan 2009 00:45:20 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from pool-96-233-71-199.bstnma.fios.verizon.net (HELO cgf.cx) (96.233.71.199) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:44:44 +0000 Received: from ednor.cgf.cx (ednor.casa.cgf.cx [192.168.187.5]) by cgf.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id D369313C028 for ; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:44:33 -0500 (EST) Received: by ednor.cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id D04032B385; Sun, 11 Jan 2009 19:44:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:30:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: First Pass at mintty documentation Message-ID: <20090112004433.GF21040@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <496A5EDE.9010204@veritech.com> <496A7038.402@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <496A7038.402@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) 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 X-SW-Source: 2009-01/txt/msg00312.txt.bz2 On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:18:32PM +0000, Andy Koppe wrote: >> @@ What "alternate screen"? @@ > > Good question. It's vt100 lingo for a second logical screen that > wholescreen apps such as editors normally use, often through the (n)curses > library. (I'm taking "wholescreen" to mean an app controlling the whole > terminal screen, as opposed to the terminal window being in fullscreen > mode.) > >> = Is there an alternate screen toggle in 'mintty' as there is >> in 'xterm'? > > I didn't know xterm actually had a UI for this. Do people find this useful? The only time I've found it useful is when I find myself inadvertently in the alternate screen and want to see the other one or vice-versa. That happens to me maybe once a year. YMMV. >> = How do you invoke it? > >You shouldn't need to really. Apps such as 'less' or 'vi' switch to it >using the releavant vt100 incantation. FWIW, the Cygwin console mode implements this too thanks, IIRC, to Corinna. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/