For vim specifically, the following line in ~/.vimrc should prevent that: set t_ti= t_te=
For "man" -- it uses "less" by default as a pager. So, you can set the environment variable "LESS" to include the character "X". "man" . export LESS=X Note that the above will also prevent "less" from clearing the screen on exit. -- Rob -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
