<<< Date Index >>>     <<< Thread Index >>>

Re: exit mutt with clear (screen)



On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 11:51:47AM -0400 I heard the voice of
Conrad Lloyd-Knight, and lo! it spake thus:
> On Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at  8:32, Martin Swift wrote:
> > Hmmm ... when I quit mutt, the contents of mutt get cleared and I'm
> > returned to the commandline
> > 
> >   08:24:06:> /usr/bin/mutt
> >   08:30:14:>
> 
> This is a function of your terminal...

More specifically, there's a pair of termcap/terminfo properties that
I can't recall offhand that control whether this happens or not.

Personally, I can't stand it   :)


-- 
Matthew Fuller     (MF4839)   |  fullermd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Systems/Network Administrator |  http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/
           On the Internet, nobody can hear you scream.