Warren T. Van Wyck

After terminal exit, background color changes

in execute.c I commented out: /*~~~ * If there is no second argument, no filename supplied... */ if ( target.spare == (-1) ) { append = FALSE; filename = tempfilename; /* WVW 07/03/25 fprintf(stderr, "1:%s\n",filename); */ } else { ~~~ The spurious artifact no longer appears.

Lastly, trace with prfget.the and the temp file -- see attached.

steps after entering 'the file2.txt file1.txt '

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For the record, I'm using AlmaLinux 9.6 and configured THE with ./configure --with-rexx=regina --with-curses=ncurses The prfget.the macro goes back over 30 years to CMS-Xedit days. See attached. Still compat XEDIT XEDIT XEDIT for me -- old dog.

P.S. Not an issue with THE 3.3 RC 8. aka version THE 3.3 UNIX 27-Jun-2020 Linux