From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from <gentoo-user+bounces-119239-garchives=archives.gentoo.org@lists.gentoo.org>) id 1PhV67-0000CE-Kl for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:41:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 720B1E08E6; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:38:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wy0-f181.google.com (mail-wy0-f181.google.com [74.125.82.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22065E08E6 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyf22 with SMTP id 22so6214042wyf.40 for <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:38:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent :references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=aJXDiD+pQB4Cmm2JuYEpwXi0QLV+ukfHQRKDHcPrgbY=; b=UaepfN0JAb1VKNU4n4rqOKrWmYifhxth1d3uyPue+xu/oTaqftvFdUIzYPO/O5jTO4 D9nblOKbWNXMs9yEWKTN9j9ee8h5+froqqL82aEuBX2AJmB4BlJNulr3N2VJng9oukdM kfTFm8fUlrdCNd8EHHh0Ex8mBQKgS4dmQROwc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=jqJIybbL+RuV/f45du7SuiUW0yrCtRNr11aOGRWlcj/leCLmaPJsqeCPet6oQCReCd sq+7NzwYtjDYz2pp4S5RSRGHd9c1bY2QQCav6JHgFEnyXnSLK7QxYR/mBeCpfWckBOKa nzq4dzyTQjf17Ll0FVwIfW8C0RYjo7jREDGWA= Received: by 10.227.177.207 with SMTP id bj15mr5136345wbb.229.1295908689252; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:38:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q18sm9651032wbe.5.2011.01.24.14.38.07 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:38:08 -0800 (PST) From: Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How can I turn off xterm console restore? Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:37:41 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.36-gentoo-r5; KDE/4.4.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <20110122054527.GB30822@waltdnes.org> <4D3DE762.7010000@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D3DE762.7010000@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: <mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> List-Help: <mailto:gentoo-user+help@lists.gentoo.org> List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+unsubscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Subscribe: <mailto:gentoo-user+subscribe@lists.gentoo.org> List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail <gentoo-user.gentoo.org> X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart7549105.Hvr3v75lkm"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201101242238.17906.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 07f9c1742f1b52cd839854e92d67fd53 --nextPart7549105.Hvr3v75lkm Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Monday 24 January 2011 20:56:02 Bill Longman wrote: > You can always call it back up. The other window, that is. Just > Ctrl-middle-click the xterm and choose "Show alternate screen". >=20 > Presto. >=20 > It's saved my bacon more than once.... >=20 > Bill Yes! I had forgotten about that! Thanks Bill. :-) Excellent solution for the OP's question, but what can you do to stop the=20 terminal collapsing completely, when it is launched to just run a command t= hat=20 exits after it runs? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart7549105.Hvr3v75lkm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAk09/1kACgkQVTDTR3kpaLbdlgCfQHkF061fYpTE5ugEGrvqbd10 aaIAoL+aHXYVPC7gd2wHL9d9dSrxQi8t =bnzS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart7549105.Hvr3v75lkm--