[dev] Re: [st][patch] scrollback buffer

From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 18:33:00 +0200

Nick <suckless-dev_AT_njw.me.uk> writes:

> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 04:15:08PM +0200, Christoph Lohmann wrote:
>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:15:08 +0200 Jochen Sprickerhof
>> <dwm_AT_jochen.sprickerhof.de> wrote:
>> > I've implemented a (limited) scrollback buffer for st. Thanks to v4hn
>> > for testing and improving first versions.
>>
>> You can add it as a patch to the wiki but it won’t be included in main‐
>> line. Scrollback is what you have other applications for. Because next
>> you will want scrollback selection, scrollback editing and scrollback
>> history files. Other people solved these problems in software already.
>
> I wouldn't have thought scrollback editing was generally seen as
> useful - why would people want that?

It's popular among rio/9term users. (Due to lack of proper application
line-editing you could say...)

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