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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  xterm -- how can I disable screen restore?
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Date: 1 Apr 91 21:43:50 GMT
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> How can I make xterm not restore the previous screen when exiting
> from applications such as vi and less?

xterm -xrm '*titeInhibit: true'

Presumably adding

xterm*titeInhibit: true

to your resource database would have the same effect.

This works for me in less.  It doesn't work in vi; this is probably
because I did the test on SunOS 4.1, and in 4.1 Sun (deliberately, as
far as I can tell) broke vi so it no longer listens to $TERMCAP.
(I checked, and xterm set $TERMCAP correctly; vi just ignored it.)

					der Mouse

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