[Bug 285459] User-friendly documentation for alternate screen

https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=285459

            Bug ID: 285459
           Summary: User-friendly documentation for alternate screen
           Product: Documentation
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: Books & Articles
          Assignee: doc@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com

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Please add something in the documentation portal to explain use and avoidance
of alternate screen (or alternate screen buffer). There's nothing at the
moment: 

grahamperrin:~ % rg --sort path -i alternate\ screen /usr/doc
grahamperrin:~ % 


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From
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsddialog&sektion=1&manpath=freebsd-current#DESCRIPTION>: 

> … alternate screen mode, see terminfo(5).

<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=terminfo&sektion=5&manpath=freebsd-current>
does not mention an alternate screen.

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