Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <000801c12ecd$a3f106a0$5d754789@edinstonehaven> From: "Keith Starsmeare" To: References: <200108260251.f7Q2pSQ27931@loony.cygnus.com> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1 Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2001 08:55:27 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Faylor" To: Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 3:51 AM Subject: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: termcap-20010825-1 > This version just adds the support for saving and restoring the screen buffer > to the termcap "database". This will allow termcap compiled programs like > 'less' to display the previous screen when you exit from them. It will not > affect ncurses compiled programs, of course. Is there a way to stop less recovering the previous screen? I often find it quite handy to be able to see the file I've just looked at. On systems where more/less does this I often find myself 'cat'ing the file afterwards so that I can still see it! Keith -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/