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From:	"Ben Wing" <ben AT 666 DOT com>
To:	<cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Bad interaction -- alternate console buffer and console history
Date:	Thu, 9 Dec 2004 21:16:27 -0600
Message-ID:	<00c801c4de66$a3754aa0$210110ac@NEEEEEEE>
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I apologize if this is a FAQ.

One of the clever features of the `cygwin' TERM type is that programs like
`man' and `more' and others switch to a secondary screen buffer, so that
when you exit the program, you get back the original buffer, uncluttered by
the program's output.

Unfortunately, this interacts extremely badly with the console history --
all console history is erased as soon as the secondary screen is invoked.

Any plans to fix this?

This is under W2k if it matters.



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