From 9e2653a55a1744f626a5607f3c3a0f8861d56898 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 16:40:46 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Clear the alternate screen when switching to it

---
 kitty/screen.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/kitty/screen.c b/kitty/screen.c
index bf2e8056a..fe7cb7f8f 100644
--- a/kitty/screen.c
+++ b/kitty/screen.c
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ END_ALLOW_CASE_RANGE
 void screen_toggle_screen_buffer(Screen *self) {
     screen_save_cursor(self);
     if (self->linebuf == self->main_linebuf) {
+        linebuf_clear(self->alt_linebuf, ' ');
         self->linebuf = self->alt_linebuf;
         self->tabstops = self->alt_tabstops;
     } else {