Re: [dev] [st] Separating the wheat (terminal emulation) from the chaff (X)

On 21.01.2011, at 22:25, Ross Mohn <rpmohn_AT_waxandwane.org> wrote:

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> Scrollback buffer is also useful with SIGWINCH. Let's say you're in
> dwm's default tiling mode with a screenful of output on the left-hand st
> and 4 st's stacked up on the right; you swap, then swap back and you've
> lost 75% of the output on your main st. Sucks.
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But you don't need scrolling functionality for that, just a longer Buffer to redraw properly. (Which would increase memory usage of course.. but well.. patch?)

I'd really dislike scrolling. Maybe I'm prejudiced because of bad configuration but I always got pissed of when I scrolled inside an active less/vim/mutt/whatever session. What your terminal program than displays is rubbish.
I don't get it.. I never thought it's a nice feature..

Scrolling should be handled by the individual program IMHO.

cryptix
Received on Sat Jan 22 2011 - 17:44:45 CET