Switch to alternate screen buffer

[Bertram Scharpf]

Hi,

Am Donnerstag, 24. Jul 2008, 16:57:40 +0200 schrieb Wojciech Puchar:
>> I know from some old Linux installations that Less and Vim are able to
>> switch to an alternate screen buffer. They use the escape sequences
>> "\e[?1047h" and "\e[?1047l" to switch back respectively.
>>
>> How can I activate this in FreeBSD?
>
> no idea but do
>
> someprg 2>&1|vim -

No. I will not waive. This is not Microsoft here.

Edit /usr/share/misc/termcap. Change the following entry:

  xterm|xterm-color|X11 terminal emulator:\
          :ti=\E[?47h:te=\E[?47l:tc=xterm-xfree86:

Don't forget to execute "cap_mkdb termcap".

No need to get over with a poor workaround.

Bertram


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