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On 01/21/2011 09:45 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> As soon as some textmode applications in xterm stop, their output gets |
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> wiped, and the xterm screen is restored to what it looked like before I |
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> launched the app. Somebody thought they were being "helpful"; then |
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> again, so did the designers of "Clippy". I don't know how many updates |
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> ago the behaviour changed, but here's what happens... |
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> Let's say I'm having a problem with packet loss to/from a certain |
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> internet server. I would run "mtr" which gives an ongoing enhanced |
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> traceroute display. When it gets to the router that's dropping packets |
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> I would hit "Q" and mtr quits. |
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> Before the update |
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> ================= |
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> I would copy/paste the mtr output into an email, and send it off to |
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> whomever, with the output showing the packet-loss stats. |
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> After the update |
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> ================ |
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> As soon as mtr quits, its output gets wiped, and the xterm screen is |
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> restored to the state it was in before mtr was launched... helpful NOT! |
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> I've discovered that I can suspend it with {CTRL-S}, but I shouldn't |
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> have to resort to that. Using Google, I found references to |
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> "man termcap", which stated that this behaviour was controlled by |
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> entries in /etc/termcap. Despite the fact that I have the termcap man |
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> page on my system, I do *NOT* have /etc/termcap. Does anyone have a |
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> sample /etc/termcap (or will ~/.termcap work?) to stop the screen |
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> restore after a text application quits? |
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Walter, |
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You can always call it back up. The other window, that is. Just |
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Ctrl-middle-click the xterm and choose "Show alternate screen". |
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Presto. |
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It's saved my bacon more than once.... |
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Bill |
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