Clearing Screen after full-screen app closed

tsv · 2010-08-29 19:55:47

If I run a full-screen terminal application such as man or vim in rxvt-unicode, when I close it the program disappears, and I can see my previous prompts. When I do the same from inside GNU Screen however, it does not disappear but is simply moved upwards to allow for a prompt to be placed under it.

I have been told this is a termcap issue, but using -a with Screen does not help and I've not got much further than this.

If it's relevant, $TERM without screen is rxvt-unicode, within is screen. $TERMCAP is not set outside Screen, but inside is:

SC|screen|VT 100/ANSI X3.64 virtual terminal:\
        :DO=\E[%dB:LE=\E[%dD:RI=\E[%dC:UP=\E[%dA:bs:bt=\E[Z:\
        :cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[J:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:ct=\E[3g:\
        :do=^J:nd=\E[C:pt:rc=\E8:rs=\Ec:sc=\E7:st=\EH:up=\EM:\
        :le=^H:bl=^G:cr=^M:it#8:ho=\E[H:nw=\EE:ta=^I:is=\E)0:\
        :li#56:co#182:am:xn:xv:LP:sr=\EM:al=\E[L:AL=\E[%dL:\
        :cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:dl=\E[M:DL=\E[%dM:dc=\E[P:DC=\E[%dP:\
        :im=\E[4h:ei=\E[4l:mi:IC=\E[%d@:ks=\E[?1h\E=:\
        :ke=\E[?1l\E>:vi=\E[?25l:ve=\E[34h\E[?25h:vs=\E[34l:\
        :ti=\E[?1049h:te=\E[?1049l:us=\E[4m:ue=\E[24m:so=\E[3m:\
        :se=\E[23m:mb=\E[5m:md=\E[1m:mr=\E[7m:me=\E[m:ms:\
        :Co#8:pa#64:AF=\E[3%dm:AB=\E[4%dm:op=\E[39;49m:AX:\
        :vb=\Eg:G0:as=\E(0:ae=\E(B:\
        :ac=\140\140aaffggjjkkllmmnnooppqqrrssttuuvvwwxxyyzz{{||}}~~..--++,,hhII00:\
        :po=\E[5i:pf=\E[4i:k0=\E[10~:k1=\EOP:k2=\EOQ:k3=\EOR:\
        :k4=\EOS:k5=\E[15~:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:\
        :k9=\E[20~:k;=\E[21~:F1=\E[23~:F2=\E[24~:F3=\E[25~:\
        :F4=\E[26~:F5=\E[28~:F6=\E[29~:F7=\E[31~:F8=\E[32~:\
        :F9=\E[33~:FA=\E[34~:kb=:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:\
        :K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:kB=\E[Z:kE=\E[8\^:*4=\E[3$:*7=\E[8$:\
        :#2=\E[7$:#3=\E2$:#4=\E[d:%c=\E[6$:%e=\E[5$:%i=\E[c:\
        :kh=\E[1~:@1=\E[1~:kH=\E[4~:@7=\E[4~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:\
        :kI=\E[2~:kD=\E[3~:ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:km:

This is a minor issue, but it's really bugging me!

tsv · 2010-08-30 10:09:41

I'll answer my own question, finally got it sorted: altscreen on in .screenrc.

Turns on an "alternate screen" feature many terminals support but Screen turns off by default.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-08-29 19:55:47

Clearing Screen after full-screen app closed

#2 2010-08-30 10:09:41

Re: Clearing Screen after full-screen app closed

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