When I type man foo, and exit the man (or less or nano or whatever), the terminal goes back to what it was before invoking the command. But when I do that under GNU screen, the previous program remains on the screen after I quit it, and scrolls up as I enter further commands, which is ugly. Is there a way to make it go away?
>>4
I don't enjoy the residue of things no longer relevant on my screen. Also, way to take what I said out of context.
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Anonymous2009-06-15 18:09
C-l afterwards if you really care. It's because of ttys and their lack of a secondary buffer.
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Anonymous2009-06-15 18:10
GNU screen
There's your problem.
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Anonymous2009-06-15 18:36
>>7
Clearly you are without clue my dear boy.
A Jedi Haxor you will not become until the power of screen you understand, hmmmmm.
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Anonymous2009-06-15 18:41
>>8
Not >>7, but I have no purpose for GNU screen unless it supports saving sessions for use after reboot (which is a high impracticality in terms of programming). Sessions just don't cut it because I do not run a server 24/7.
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Anonymous2009-06-15 18:45
>>9
Multi-tasking in one terminal-emulator window, specially if you split the screen.
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Anonymous2009-06-15 18:54
>>10
Now I'm going to have to start using it. Thanks a lot.
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Anonymous2009-06-15 19:12
it'd be nice if there was a real free alternative to GNU screen instead of just half-assed hacks like tmux.