From e522095faea97cfbd7c028513b991d84a4f0acab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2022 07:39:16 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 kittens/hints/main.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kittens/hints/main.py b/kittens/hints/main.py
index 693e2cc6a..f9542fe91 100644
--- a/kittens/hints/main.py
+++ b/kittens/hints/main.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def render(text: str, current_input: str, all_marks: Sequence[Mark], ignore_mark
 
 class Hints(Handler):
 
-    use_alternate_screen = False
+    use_alternate_screen = False  # disabled to avoid screen being blanked at exit causing flicker
     overlay_ready_report_needed = True
 
     def __init__(self, text: str, all_marks: Sequence[Mark], index_map: Dict[int, Mark], args: HintsCLIOptions):