Brian Servis wrote:
>
> *- On 16 Jun, David Wright wrote about "Re: Switch console in xterm"
> >
> > Well there's also the concept of an Alternate Screen in xterm. That's
> > why you don't see, for example, the last screenfull of output from
> > less when you quit, but just your interactive commands. less uses
> > the alternate screen, and you can switch back and forth with Ctrl
> > and a mouse button (right for me, but I think that's non-standard).
> >
>
> Cool! As they say "You learn something new everyday!" For me it was
> Ctrl-Btn2 then select "Show Alternate Screen". Amazing!
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Double Cool! I decided to try out the same thing with Gnome-term and
discovered hidden/unknown functions there also. Where are these types of
things docummented? BTW; ETerm does not have any.
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John Foster
AdVance-Computing Systems
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