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| author | Nicholas Marriott <nicm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-01-13 09:50:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicholas Marriott <nicm@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2011-01-13 09:50:12 +0000 |
| commit | 00d90b146d125fa23c1edc8f902c111ad1b3032e (patch) | |
| tree | 14c83d81e9ce6c0b9b339721e2ceed4e53ebdbe7 /usr.bin | |
| parent | bb279e40b570a1b2538918450a566df9ae3b1ceb (diff) | |
Clarify alternate-screen description a little.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin')
| -rw-r--r-- | usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 b/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 index 552f2cc4740..ee4fada9992 100644 --- a/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 +++ b/usr.bin/tmux/tmux.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: tmux.1,v 1.208 2011/01/12 22:23:58 nicm Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: tmux.1,v 1.209 2011/01/13 09:50:11 nicm Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net> .\" @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ .\" IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING .\" OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 12 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 13 2011 $ .Dt TMUX 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -2153,8 +2153,11 @@ may use the terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the and .Em rmcup .Xr terminfo 5 -capabilities to be issued to preserve the existing window content on start and -restore it on exit. +capabilities. +The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an +interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output +visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits. +The default is on. .Pp .It Xo Ic automatic-rename .Op Ic on | off |