Re: [vile] That ...working working... message

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 09:52:26AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:37:25AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> > I have a simple (trivial really) macro that inserts some text into a
> > file being edited.  It invokes a GUI to select a date so takes as long
> > as the user ponders over the date.  While the GUI calendar is popped up
> > the vile terminal window just shows "...working   working..." and not
> > the text  being edited.
> 
> That sounds as if the terminal's being switched to/from the alternate screen.
>  
> > Is there any way the display of the text can be retained while waiting
> > for the external command to complete?
> 
> For xterm, you can disable the alternate-screen feature (using the middle
> mouse menu) or switch back using the same menu.  For other terminals - not
> so easy  - you can pick a terminal description lacking the feature from the
> smcup/rmcup strings - 
>       http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_tite
> 
OK, thanks, I'll take a look.

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Chris Green