Re: [vile] That ...working working... message

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:37:25AM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> I have a simple (trivial really) macro that inserts some text into a
> file being edited.  It invokes a GUI to select a date so takes as long
> as the user ponders over the date.  While the GUI calendar is popped up
> the vile terminal window just shows "...working   working..." and not
> the text  being edited.

That sounds as if the terminal's being switched to/from the alternate screen.
 
> Is there any way the display of the text can be retained while waiting
> for the external command to complete?

For xterm, you can disable the alternate-screen feature (using the middle
mouse menu) or switch back using the same menu.  For other terminals - not
so easy  - you can pick a terminal description lacking the feature from the
smcup/rmcup strings - 
        http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html#xterm_tite

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