rghuehn@sunee.uwaterloo.ca (Rob Huehn) writes:

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>I have a problem with scrolling on the console screens that occasionally
>occurs after exiting from elvis.
>When it happens, only the bottom line of the screen gets updated, and
>blank lines get scrolled up the rest of the screen.

I have had the same problem.  Mine occurs after I use kermit and log on
to another machine and have it set the terminal type to vt100.  Kermit
does this just fine but vt100 only has 24 lines and the local terminal
information gets tweaked slightly.  The console window will scroll properly
using only 24 lines.  The problem is when you exit elvis, you get put on
the 25'th line and the scrolling goes to "&(*#%$@!".
Rebooting "fixes" the problem but I've found another approach.  If you
load emacs with a file longer than 25 lines and ^n past the end of
the file, when you exit emacs the terminal will behave properly.
Why??? I don't know.   Hope this helps.
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