X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:subject:from:to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=default; b=fxM cKExmUafn0kbpCbTUPedjc/57w0SN4//oNUhCeVSQJBf0yb+4VnZAFMWYPqLNDbO VSmvr6XpD1lvwJUuS/nOFcV0VFePrnoXovQznCUoh/2kCq5DVPRNUH1ZlXifx/Vg yMjFZtUoNq6ZKGH2HyThYI1HOhMLTw2op/ZIy1hM= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:message-id:date:subject:from:to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=default; bh=CUn6PbjP8 hKT3Y91qqIRyD36/iQ=; b=ioykwSxeM/+lCZiw/36tyxATUTAPSXzslnfZ66AUq aquKlxrav+OI0Qc+fz+cptA3tn2EkHXu9hreZ1kW1681yNk3lDWxEbQc9ZF+O4Rt MeDBQGU2SUS0lop8yhM+4uO8YKgUYm4dGrKEUmkIE3pkHMCOuTWpE9rnnLwnUuC8 e4= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: smtp-vbr10.xs4all.nl Message-ID: <195943e6406b2237c60c2d7df9ddcd11.squirrel@webmail.xs4all.nl> Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 09:37:57 +0200 Subject: Re: Screen crippled by applications using alternative screen From: "Houder" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.18 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > I'm still having issues with applications which use alternative screen for > output (LESS, MAN). When I exit that application, its output stays on > screen, prompt is displayed over it. > > My system is as follows: > [snip] > Example steps to reproduce the issue: > > 1. execute "man grep" > 2. scroll down to the end (PAGE DOWN) > 3. exit (press Q), result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/1.png > 4. execute "pwd", result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/2.png > 5. clear screen (CTRL + L), result: http://ferenczy.cz/tmp/cygwin/3.png > > Behavior is the same in plain cmd.exe, Console2 and ConEmu. MinTTY works > fine. If I exit MAN on first page (without scrolling), the screen isn't > crippled. > > To reach clean screen I have to repeatedly clear the screen (CTRL + L) until > I browse whole MAN output (all pages). ... Same story here: MinTTY works, Windows Console (cmd.exe): crippled. My system: XP-sp3, Cygwin: 1.7.29-2 - 32 bits (behavior Windows Console was not crippled before .28 as far as I can remember) -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple