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Subject: Re: cygwin returning screen on exit?
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Tyler Spivey wrote:

> Hello. How can I tell cygwin not to return the screen to the state it
> was in before running a full screen program such as vim or mutt? This is
> highly annoying.

I actually find it useful, but to each his own...  There are two ways of
doing it: one is on a program-by-program basis, and the other is modifying
your terminal settings.

In Vim, you can turn it off by manipulating the terminfo entries (the
exact recipe can be obtained by typing ":help 'restorescreen'" in vim).
I have no idea how to do this in mutt, but others may chime in.

Alternatively, you can edit your terminfo database -- see "man terminfo"
for details.
HTH,
	Igor
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