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1.2 KiB
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This program provides a scroll back buffer for a terminal like st(1). It
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should run on any Unix-like system.
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At the moment it is in an experimental state. Its not recommended for
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productive use.
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The initial version of this program is from Roberto E. Vargas Caballero:
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https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1703/31256.html
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What is the state of scroll?
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The project is faced with some hard facts, that our original plan is not doable
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as we thought in the first place:
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1. [crtl]+[e] is used in emacs mode (default) on the shell to jump to the end
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of the line. But, its also used so signal a scroll down mouse event from
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terminal emulators to the shell an other programs.
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- A workaround is to use vi mode in the shell.
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- Or to give up mouse support (default behavior)
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2. scroll could not handle backward cursor jumps and editing of old lines
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properly. We just handle current line editing and switching between
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alternative screens (curses mode). For a proper end user experience we
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would need to write a completely new terminal emulator like screen or tmux.
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What is the performance impact of scroll?
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indirect OpenBSD
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1x 10.10 s
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2x 12.00 s
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3x 13.73 s
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