At 10:16 PM 12/9/2004, you wrote: >I apologize if this is a FAQ. > >One of the clever features of the `cygwin' TERM type is that programs like >`man' and `more' and others switch to a secondary screen buffer, so that >when you exit the program, you get back the original buffer, uncluttered by >the program's output. > >Unfortunately, this interacts extremely badly with the console history -- >all console history is erased as soon as the secondary screen is invoked. > >Any plans to fix this? > >This is under W2k if it matters.
Based on the information you've provided so far: # history 104 ls 105 cat ~/.bashrc 106 q 107 hisory 108 history # man ls # history 106 q 107 hisory 108 history 109 man ls 110 history If this isn't what you see, perhaps you want to check out <<http://cygwin.com/problems.html>http://cygwin.com/problems.html>. -- Larry Hall http://www.rfk.com RFK Partners, Inc. (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9889 - FAX Holliston, MA 01746 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
