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Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 21:05:56 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: save/restore the console buffer.
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In-Reply-To: <s1spu9jk6jn.fsf@jaist.ac.jp>; from fujieda@jaist.ac.jp on Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 09:29:16AM +0900

On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 09:29:16AM +0900, Kazuhiro Fujieda wrote:
>I've never enjoy the feature saving/restoring the console
>buffer. I understand I can enjoy it with the latest ncurses,
>vim, and cygwin packages.  The vim, however, simply clears the
>console buffer when it terminates. Do I misunderstand?

Huh.  Good point.  I think that vim used to do the right thing.
Did something change?  It works fine with less.

It didn't work fine in B20.1, though.  What's up with that, too?
(Sorry, I felt compelled to add this)

cgf

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