From e08a40be56ed3adbcd981506304c7605a9a50f47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicholas Marriott Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:58:47 +0000 Subject: osdep-linux.c --- tmux.1 | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'tmux.1') diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1 index ed5a75b1..ef8efcfd 100644 --- a/tmux.1 +++ b/tmux.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $Id: tmux.1,v 1.287 2011-01-07 15:02:38 tcunha Exp $ +.\" $Id: tmux.1,v 1.288 2011-01-13 19:58:47 nicm Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2007 Nicholas Marriott .\" @@ -2144,8 +2144,11 @@ 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 -- cgit