vim window clears the terminal history

Hello,

When I close a vim/vi window from the terminal, I get a screenful of
blank screen and any previous terminal history is blanked out.

It seems to be a well-known issue as documented at
http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html

It is similar to what is described here, but, instead of viewing the
files' contents, I get a blank screen.
http://serverfault.com/questions/270103/gnu-screen-clearing-on-vim-less-etc-exit

my terminal settings:

infocmp -C rxvt-unicode-256color
# Reconstructed via infocmp from file:
/usr/share/terminfo/r/rxvt-unicode-256color
# (untranslatable capabilities removed to fit entry within 1023 bytes)
rxvt-unicode-256color|rxvt-unicode terminal with 256 colors (X Window System):\
:am:bw:eo:hs:km:mi:ms:xn:xo:\
:co#80:it#8:li#24:lm#0:\
:AL=\E[%dL:DC=\E[%dP:DL=\E[%dM:DO=\E[%dB:IC=\E[%d@:\
:K1=\EOw:K2=\EOu:K3=\EOy:K4=\EOq:K5=\EOs:LE=\E[%dD:\
:RI=\E[%dC:SF=\E[%dS:SR=\E[%dT:UP=\E[%dA:ae=\E(B:al=\E[L:\
:as=\E(0:bl=^G:cd=\E[J:ce=\E[K:cl=\E[H\E[2J:\
:cm=\E[%i%d;%dH:cr=^M:cs=\E[%i%d;%dr:ct=\E[3g:dc=\E[P:\
:dl=\E[M:do=^J:ds=\E]2;\007:ec=\E[%dX:ei=\E[4l:fs=^G:\
:ho=\E[H:i1=\E[!p:ic=\E[@:im=\E[4h:\
:is=\E[r\E[m\E[2J\E[?7;25h\E[?1;3;4;5;6;9;66;1000;1001;1049l\E[4l:\
:k1=\E[11~:k2=\E[12~:k3=\E[13~:k4=\E[14~:k5=\E[15~:\
:k6=\E[17~:k7=\E[18~:k8=\E[19~:k9=\E[20~:kD=\E[3~:\
:kI=\E[2~:kN=\E[6~:kP=\E[5~:kb=\177:kd=\E[B:ke=\E>:\
:kh=\E[7~:kl=\E[D:kr=\E[C:ks=\E=:ku=\E[A:le=^H:mb=\E[5m:\
:md=\E[1m:me=\E[0m:mr=\E[7m:nd=\E[C:rc=\E8:sc=\E7:\
:se=\E[27m:sf=^J:so=\E[7m:sr=\EM:st=\EH:ta=^I:\
:te=\E[r\E[?1049l:ti=\E[?1049h:ts=\E]2;:ue=\E[24m:\
:up=\E[A:us=\E[4m:vb=\E[?5h\E[?5l:ve=\E[?25h:vi=\E[?25l:\
:vs=\E[?25h:
--(/tmp)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------(pts/3@master)--
echo $TERM
rxvt-unicode-256color

vim :set termcap shows the below:

--- Terminal codes ---
t_AL=^[[%p1%dL t_CS= t_fs=^G
t_md=^[[1m t_RV=^[[>c t_us=^[[4m t_xs=
t_al=^[[L t_CV= t_IE=^G
t_me=^[[m t_se=^[[27m t_vb= t_ZH=^[[3m
t_bc= t_ut=y t_IS=^[]1;
t_mr=^[[7m t_so=^[[7m t_ve=^[[?25h
t_ZR=^[[23m
t_cd=^[[J t_da= t_ke=^[[?1l^[> t_ms=y
t_sr=^[M t_vi=^[[?25l
t_ce=^[[K t_db= t_ks=^[[?1h^[=
t_nd=^[[C t_ts=^[]2; t_vs=^[[?25h
t_cl=^[[H^[[2J t_DL=^[[%p1%dM t_le=^H
t_op=^[[39;49m t_ti=^[[?1049h t_SI=
t_Co=256 t_dl=^[[M t_mb=^[[5m
t_RI=^[[%p1%dC t_ue=^[[m t_EI=
t_AB=^[[48;5;%p1%dm
t_AF=^[[38;5;%p1%dm
t_cm=^[[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH
t_cs=^[[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr
t_Sb=%?%p1%{7}%>%t^[[48;5;%p1%dm%e^[[4%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m%;
t_Sf=%?%p1%{7}%>%t^[[38;5;%p1%dm%e^[[3%?%p1%{1}%=%t4%e%p1%{3}%=%t6%e%p1%{4}%=%t1%e%p1%{6}%=%t3%e%p1%d%;m%;
t_te=^[[r^[[?1049l
t_WP=^[[3;%p1%d;%p2%dt
t_WS=^[[8;%p1%d;%p2%dt
--- Terminal keys ---
t_#2 <S-Home> ^[[7$ t_K4 <kEnd> ^[[4;*~ t_k4 <F4>
^[[14;*~ t_kP <PageUp> ^[[5;*~ <xF4> ^[O*S
t_#4 <S-Left> ^[[d t_K5 <kPageDown> ^[Os t_k5 <F5>
^[[15;*~ t_kb <BS> ^? <xEnd> ^[O*F
t_%1 <Help> ^[[28;*~ t_K6 <kPlus> ^[O*k t_k6 <F6>
^[[17;*~ t_kd <Down> ^[O*B <zEnd> ^[[8;*~
t_%i <S-Right> ^[[c t_K7 <kMinus> ^[O*m t_k7 <F7>
^[[18;*~ t_kh <Home> ^[[1;*H <xHome> ^[O*H
t_&8 <Undo> ^[[26;*~ t_K8 <kDivide> ^[O*o t_k8 <F8>
^[[19;*~ t_kl <Left> ^[O*D <zHome> ^[[7;*~
t_*7 <S-End> ^[[8$ t_K9 <kMultiply> ^[O*j t_k9 <F9>
^[[20;*~ t_kr <Right> ^[O*C <xUp> ^[[1;*A
t_@7 <End> ^[[1;*F t_KA <kEnter> ^[O*M t_k; <F10>
^[[21;*~ t_ku <Up> ^[O*A <xDown> ^[[1;*B
t_F1 <F11> ^[[23;*~ t_KB <kPoint> ^[O*n t_kB <S-Tab>
^[[Z <Mouse> ^[[M <xLeft> ^[[1;*D
t_F2 <F12> ^[[24;*~ t_k1 <F1> ^[[11;*~ t_kD <Del>
^[[3~ <xF1> ^[O*P <xRight> ^[[1;*C
t_K1 <kHome> ^[[1;*~ t_k2 <F2> ^[[12;*~ t_kI <Insert>
^[[2;*~ <xF2> ^[O*Q <kDel> ^[[3;*~
t_K3 <kPageUp> ^[Oy t_k3 <F3> ^[[13;*~ t_kN <PageDown>
^[[6;*~ <xF3> ^[O*R


vim version below

:version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 28 2012 08:09:40)
Included patches: 1-638
Compiled by root@master
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset
+cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist
+cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind
+cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags
+eval
+ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float
+folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand
+jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds
+localmap +lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape
+mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse
+mouse_xterm +mouse_urxvt +mouse_sgr +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme
+netbeans_intg +path_extra +perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer
+profile +python -python3 +quickfix +reltime +rightleft +ruby
+scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline
-sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white +tcl
+terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands
+vertsplit +virtualedit +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace
+wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup +X11 +xfontset -xim
+xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -pipe -ftracer
-fgcse-after-reload -march=core2 -mcx16 -msahf -mpclmul -mpopcnt -msse
4.2 --param l1-cache-size=32 --param l1-cache-line-size=64 --param
l2-cache-size=3072 -mtune=generic -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE
-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
-I/usr/include -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -L. -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--sort-common
-rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-E
-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.12/linux
-thread-multi/CORE -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--sort-common
-Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM
-lICE
-lm -lncurses -lelf -lnsl -ldl -L/usr/lib -llua -Wl,-E
-Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.12/linux-thread-multi/CORE
-fstack-protector -L/usr/
lib/perl5/5.12/linux-thread-multi/CORE -lperl -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt
-lutil -lpthread -lc -L/usr/lib/python2.7/config -lpython2.7 -lpthread
-
ldl -lutil -lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic -L/usr/lib -ltcl8.5 -ldl
-lieee -lm -Wl,-R -Wl,/usr/lib -L/usr/lib -lruby -lpthread -lrt -ldl
-lcryp
t -lm -L/usr/lib

Any thoughts, please?

Thanks
Joe

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