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diff --git a/bin/exm.sh b/bin/exm.sh
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--- /dev/null
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+# Prevent Vim's ex(1) implementation from clearing the screen
+if [ -t 0 ] ; then
+    ver=$(ex --version 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR==1{print $1;exit}')
+    case $ver in
+        # Lie to Vim; tell it it's a dumb terminal, and that its required "cm"
+        # feature is invoked with a carriage return.
+        VIM)
+            cmd=$(printf 'set t_cm=\r|')
+            set -- -T dumb --cmd "${cmd%|}" "$@" ;;
+    esac
+fi
+exec ex "$@"