On Tuesday, 3 April 2018 21:50:29 BST Walter Dnes wrote:
> Lately, I've noticed that text apps under xterm snap back to the
> original screen after the app finishes. This doesn't happen with all
> apps. When I hit "q" in "top", the output stays on the screen. But
> other apps like "mtr" and "vim" and "less" restore the screen from which
> they were launched, which is extremely annoying.
>
> A long time ago I ran into this problem and was advised to add
> "XTerm*titeInhibit: true" in .Xresources. It seems to have stopped
> working recently. Last night on a web forum people were comparing
> response times from 1.1.1.1 DNS server. I ran "mtr" in xterm but the
> output would disapper entirely when I hit "q". I managed to freeze the
> output with {CTRL}{S} so I could do a copy/paste into a post. But I'd
> like a clean solution rather than a clunky workaround.I don't know the answer to your question, but for mtr at least you could use the -r option to produce a report of the mtr output. -- Regards, Mick
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