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Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2014 12:48:01 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Clearing the buffer after quitting LESS, MAN, VIM etc.
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On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 05:35:21PM +0000, Dawid Ferenczy wrote:
>Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please <at> cygwin.com> writes:
>
>> Getting that kind of functionality in the Windows console is tricky but
>> I think it should be there in the latest snapshot.  I also fixed some
>> problems with some of the escape sequences that scroll the screen.
>> 
>> There is still one more difference between Cygwin and, e.g., xterm
>> though.  The scroll buffer is still there when you enter a full screen
>> session like vim or less.  So you can scroll up to it and really cause
>> confusion.  It's possible to fix that behavior but it would be really
>> tricky.  I'm not sure I want to complicate the console handling code
>> for this one corner case.
>> 
>> The new behavior is in the latest snapshot.
>> 
>> http://cygwin.com/snapshots/
>
>Thank you very much for your interest. But I have to say, it's now worse 
>than it was before. I'm using the latest snapshot (2014-02-24).

This wasn't my snapshot, it was Corinna's.  I am still working on the
problem.

cgf

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