Re: Several queries

[Amadeusz Sławiński]

On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 16:09:37 +0530
Manas Thakur <address@hidden> wrote:

> 4. When I close a full-region command, say vim or top, even with ‘altscreen 
> on’, the prompt jumps to the bottom of the terminal (though altscreen is 
> serving its purpose of clearing the screen above the prompt). Is thee a way 
> the prompt stays back at the place from which the command started? I remember 
> I did not see this problem on some older version of screen on a friend’s 
> system.
> 

This may be related to either:
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51832
or
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?49883

basically code restoring cursor position is complicated, because it
needs to handle a lot of cases and it needs some fixes

> 5. Is there a subreddit for gnu-screen? I couldn’t find one. I would be glad 
> to create and manage one if you people are interested.
> 

I see you already created it ;)
Here is link for others who want to check it out:
https://www.reddit.com/r/gnuscreen/

you can probably also mention irc channel in sidebar (#screen on freenode)

Cheers,
Amadeusz