rms@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (04/20/89)
When Emacs clears the screen, it sends the ti string to the terminal. This is done in case you have reset the terminal and it is no longer in the proper mode for full-screen editing. Someone has found that this causes trouble in xterm, because the ti string tells xterm to save the cursor position. I don't know a way to fix this without breaking the feature for resetting terminals. So I am asking you whether you think the feature of reinitializing terminal modes is very useful. If you can see a clean way to do the right thing in both cases, please let me know.