Subject: Re: bug#7002: Emacs initializes the alternate screen twice

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:55:16 +0200

> When a console-mode Emacs initializes its terminal, it sends the escape
> sequence to switch to the alternate screen twice. This causes problems
> when running under screen (and maybe other terminal programs as well):
> exiting or suspending Emacs completely clears the screen. I have
> attached a patch that fixes this.

Thanks, installed in the emacs-23 branch.

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        Stefan