Re: Using pagers like 'less' within screen

[Michael Grant]

On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 17:48, Benjamin Andresen<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hey Hugo,
>
> Hugo Heden <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> [snip]
>> Is there a way to tell GNU-screen to use the "default terminal buffer"
>> while still letting the programs invoked from within GNU screen use
>> the "alternate terminal buffer"?
>
> altscreen on
>
> should be the only thing you need.
>
> I have just tested this with "Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06"
> invoked with screen -c /dev/null
>
> I'm using XTerm(246)
>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Hugo Heden
>
> HTH,
> benny
>

If you are using Putty SSH, make sure the check box in the
Terminal->Features panel named "Disable switching to alternate
terminal window" is not checked.