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The alternate screen is a concept that goes way back. From the xterm man page: In VT102 mode, there are escape sequences to activate and deactivate an alternate screen buffer, which is the same size as...
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Today, I discovered a menu item called "Show Alternate Screen" in Terminal.app. I am just curious about what it does. It seems to be sharing the same shell process (unlike tabs), since I see output...
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