Re: exit mutt with clear (screen)
Martin Swift <martin@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
| On Wed, May 11, 2005 at 03:39:31PM +0200, René Clerc wrote:
| > * mess-mate <messmate@xxxxxxx> [11-05-2005 15:18]:
| >
| > > when quiting mutt the screen (termianl) isn't cleared.
| >
| > When mutt has quit, it can't clear the screen, of course :)
|
| 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:>
|
| I figured it might have something to do with the pager (since less
| does the same as mutt, but more leaves the contents on the terminal)
| but ...
|
| 08:24:26:> echo $PAGER
| less
| 08:24:46:> export PAGER=more
| 08:24:56:> /usr/bin/mutt
| 08:25:12:>
|
| I'm using mutt 1.5.8i and perhaps this is just a recent feature, but I
| cannot remember mutt having ever behaved differently.
|
| We might need the input from a developer on this one..
|
It depends on the $TERM settings.
When Term=xterm, the mutt contents are cleared.
When Term=linux, the mutt contents are NOT cleared.
But the function keys are not working in 'Konsole' (KDE) if $TERM isn't set
to 'linux'.
mess-mate
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