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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2017-03-24 15:01:33 +1300
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2017-03-24 15:01:33 +1300
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parentAdd exm(1df) to work around Vim's screen-clearing (diff)
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Better exm(1df) implementation
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diff --git a/man/man1/exm.1df b/man/man1/exm.1df
index 892ca326..7a68a031 100644
--- a/man/man1/exm.1df
+++ b/man/man1/exm.1df
@@ -11,12 +11,9 @@ works around a quirk of Vim that causes it to clear the screen when invoked as
ex(1) interactively. It applies Vim's -T option to force the terminal to the
builtin "dumb" terminal.
.SH CAVEATS
-This doesn't work on its first invocation from any given terminal, but does
-work thereafter. I haven't yet figured out why.
-.P
-This breaks switching to visual mode with :visual somewhat, as the terminal
+This breaks switching to visual mode with :visual completely, as the terminal
will persist in its dumb state. I'm not sure there's a way to fix this. If
there were a Vim :autocmd for mode switching, it might be possible, or perhaps
-by wrapping :visual somehow to :set terminal=$TERM.
+by wrapping :visual somehow to :set terminal=$TERM before the switch.
.SH AUTHOR
Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>