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What does Terminal app's "Show Alternate Screen" do? (OS X)

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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 from one screen on the other while a command is running (e.g. ) and the current directory is kept in ā€¦

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The alternate screen is a concept that goes way back. From the man page: In VT102 mode, there are escape sequences to activate and deactivate an alternate screen buffer, which is the same size as the display area of the window. When activated, the cā€¦

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