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1 This program provides a scroll back buffer for a terminal like st(1). It |
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2 should run on any Unix-like system. |
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4 At the moment it is in an experimental state. Its not recommended for |
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5 productive use. |
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7 The initial version of this program is from Roberto E. Vargas Caballero: |
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8 https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1703/31256.html |
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10 What is the state of scroll? |
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12 The project is faced with some hard facts, that our original plan is not… |
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13 as we thought in the first place: |
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15 1. [crtl]+[e] is used in emacs mode (default) on the shell to jump to t… |
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16 of the line. But, its also used so signal a scroll down mouse event… |
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17 terminal emulators to the shell an other programs. |
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19 - A workaround is to use vi mode in the shell. |
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20 - Or to give up mouse support (default behavior) |
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22 2. scroll could not handle backward cursor jumps and editing of old lin… |
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23 properly. We just handle current line editing and switching between |
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24 alternative screens (curses mode). For a proper end user experience… |
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25 would need to write a completely new terminal emulator like screen o… |
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27 What is the performance impact of scroll? |
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29 indirect OpenBSD |
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