Re: [dev] st lack of scrollback

From: Christoph Lohmann <20h_AT_r-36.net>
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:42:13 +0200

Greetings.

On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 19:42:13 +0200 Britton Kerin <britton.kerin_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> I realize it's a non-goal

Then why do you send this useless mail?

> I realize there are patches that sort of work (still jumps to bottom
> on output unfortunately)

Fix the patches.

> It should be a goal because it's generally desirable and the
> alternative mentioned on the web page isn't.

Are you some spy sent by Apple to get consumerism into the last places
of earth? You are causing global warming, so stop it.

> I use st because it let me control fonts precisely on new high-res
> monitor. I couldn't easily tell how to hack gnome-terminal to do that
> or I would still use it.

The same flexibility is what makes st not having scrollback.


Sincerely,

Christoph Lohmann
Received on Thu Aug 11 2016 - 19:42:13 CEST