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1 scroll |
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2 ====== |
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3 This program provides a scroll back buffer for a terminal like [st](//st… |
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4 should run on any Unix-like system. |
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6 At the moment it is in an experimental state. Its not recommended for |
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7 productive use. |
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9 The initial version of this program is from Roberto E. Vargas Caballero: |
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10 <https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1703/31256.html> |
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12 What is the state of scroll? |
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15 The project is faced with some hard facts, that our original plan is not… |
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16 as we thought in the first place: |
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18 1. [crtl]+[e] is used in emacs mode (default) on the shell to jump to th… |
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19 of the line. But, its also used so signal a scroll down mouse event … |
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20 terminal emulators to the shell an other programs. |
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22 * A workaround is to use vi mode in the shell. |
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23 * Or to give up mouse support (default behavior) |
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25 2. scroll could not handle backward cursor jumps and editing of old lines |
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26 properly. We just handle current line editing and switching between |
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27 alternative screens (curses mode). For a proper end user experience … |
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28 would need to write a completely new terminal emulator like screen or… |
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30 Development |
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32 You can [browse](//git.suckless.org/scroll) its source code repository o… |
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33 copy using the following command: |
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35 git clone https://git.suckless.org/scroll |
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37 Download |
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39 * [scroll-0.1](//dl.suckless.org/tools/scroll-0.1.tar.gz) (2021-01-19) |
