[iterm2-discuss] vi messes up the scroll back buffer

[KellyC]

I haven't tried to duplicate this with vi in anything other than iTerm2

Build 3.1.7 (but it has been happening for as long as I can remember)

If I have some output in a terminal window that I need to copy-n-paste to
something else, I need to remember to do that before I invoke vi in the
same terminal window.

This is all on my mac, not telnet/ssh to anything else.

If I invoke vi, do my edit/whatever, exit from vi, and then scroll back to
try to copy-n-paste the output from the thing I ran before vi, a section of
the output from that earlier command will have been overwritten by some of
the vi session.

[George Nachman]

To ensure the scrollback buffer is not affected by vi:

1. Turn off Prefs>Profiles>Terminal>Disable save/restore alternate screen
2. Turn off Prefs>Profiles>Terminal>Save lines to scrollback in alternate
screen mode

Post by KellyC
I haven't tried to duplicate this with vi in anything other than iTerm2
Build 3.1.7 (but it has been happening for as long as I can remember)
If I have some output in a terminal window that I need to copy-n-paste to
something else, I need to remember to do that before I invoke vi in the
same terminal window.
This is all on my mac, not telnet/ssh to anything else.
If I invoke vi, do my edit/whatever, exit from vi, and then scroll back to
try to copy-n-paste the output from the thing I ran before vi, a section of
the output from that earlier command will have been overwritten by some of
the vi session.
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