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Diffstat (limited to 'tmux.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | tmux.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: tmux.1,v 1.293 2011-01-21 23:46:50 tcunha Exp $ +.\" $Id: tmux.1,v 1.294 2011-01-21 23:53:45 tcunha Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott <nicm@users.sourceforge.net> .\" @@ -2157,8 +2157,11 @@ 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 |