* [gentoo-user] Scrollback Buffer of "screen" in Gnome Terminal
@ 2006-09-17 5:26 Alexander Skwar
2006-09-17 7:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Alexander Skwar
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From: Alexander Skwar @ 2006-09-17 5:26 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
Hello.
I used to be able to start "screen" and then still be able to use the
"ordinary" scrollback buffer of Gnome Terminal; ie. I used to be able
to hit <Shift>+<Page Up> or <Shift>+<Page Down> to scroll up or down.
In xterm, I'm still able to do so, but no more in Gnome Terminal.
alexander@blatt ~ $ gnome-terminal --version
Gnome gnome-terminal 2.14.2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 10. Sep 23:20 /var/db/pkg/x11-terms/gnome-terminal-2.14.2-r1
I know about the screen buffer and that I can scroll by hitting
<Ctrl>+<a>,<esc> followed by <Cursor Up> or <Cursor Down>. I'm not
talking about this buffer.
What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal
buffer even when I'm inside a screen session?
To get this behaviour, I did:
1) start by running "gnome-terminal"
2) start screen session by running "screen"
3) get some output, eg. by running "ls -laR /"
4) press <Shift>+<Pg Up>
Expected behaviour: It scrolls up; I see older output.
Thanks,
Alexander Skwar
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* [gentoo-user] Re: Scrollback Buffer of "screen" in Gnome Terminal
2006-09-17 5:26 [gentoo-user] Scrollback Buffer of "screen" in Gnome Terminal Alexander Skwar
@ 2006-09-17 7:20 ` Alexander Skwar
2006-09-17 10:13 ` Mick
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From: Alexander Skwar @ 2006-09-17 7:20 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
· Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>:
> What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal
> buffer even when I'm inside a screen session?
I think, that this is bug #61195 - http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61195
The behaviour is caused by the fact, that TERM=gnome and in the screenrc,
there's no setting which informs screen, that there's a scroll back
buffer in the terminal (or something like this).
In particular, I think it's the following:
# Do not use xterm's alternative window buffer, it breaks scrollback (see bug #61195)
termcapinfo xterm|xterms|xs ti@:te=\E[2J
Alexander Skwar
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Scrollback Buffer of "screen" in Gnome Terminal
2006-09-17 7:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Alexander Skwar
@ 2006-09-17 10:13 ` Mick
2006-09-17 11:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Alexander Skwar
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From: Mick @ 2006-09-17 10:13 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Sunday 17 September 2006 08:20, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> · Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>:
> > What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal
> > buffer even when I'm inside a screen session?
Ditto for aterm please. Unfortunately I can only use the Ctrl+a <esc> to
enter into copy mode when in screen to be able to scroll.
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Regards,
Mick
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* [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Scrollback Buffer of "screen" in Gnome Terminal
2006-09-17 10:13 ` Mick
@ 2006-09-17 11:09 ` Alexander Skwar
2006-09-17 11:36 ` Mick
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From: Alexander Skwar @ 2006-09-17 11:09 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
· Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>:
> On Sunday 17 September 2006 08:20, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>> · Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>:
>> > What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal
>> > buffer even when I'm inside a screen session?
>
> Ditto for aterm please.
Do "echo $TERM" and then "cp /etc/screenrc ~/.screenrc". Next, edit
~/.screenrc and add what you got when you did "echo $TERM" in the
approriate spots (ie. where there is "xterm").
Alexander Skwar
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Scrollback Buffer of "screen" in Gnome Terminal
2006-09-17 11:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Alexander Skwar
@ 2006-09-17 11:36 ` Mick
2006-09-20 1:07 ` Troy Curtis Jr
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From: Mick @ 2006-09-17 11:36 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
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On Sunday 17 September 2006 12:09, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> · Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>:
> > On Sunday 17 September 2006 08:20, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> >> · Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>:
> >> > What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal
> >> > buffer even when I'm inside a screen session?
> >
> > Ditto for aterm please.
>
> Do "echo $TERM" and then "cp /etc/screenrc ~/.screenrc". Next, edit
> ~/.screenrc and add what you got when you did "echo $TERM" in the
> approriate spots (ie. where there is "xterm").
Thank you! After all this time I can at long last scroll within screen when
in an rxvt (aterm). Lovely!
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Regards,
Mick
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* Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Re: Scrollback Buffer of "screen" in Gnome Terminal
2006-09-17 11:36 ` Mick
@ 2006-09-20 1:07 ` Troy Curtis Jr
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From: Troy Curtis Jr @ 2006-09-20 1:07 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user
On 9/17/06, Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 17 September 2006 12:09, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > · Mick <michaelkintzios@gmail.com>:
> > > On Sunday 17 September 2006 08:20, Alexander Skwar wrote:
> > >> · Alexander Skwar <listen@alexander.skwar.name>:
> > >> > What do I have to change, so that I'm able to use the Gnome Terminal
> > >> > buffer even when I'm inside a screen session?
> > >
> > > Ditto for aterm please.
> >
> > Do "echo $TERM" and then "cp /etc/screenrc ~/.screenrc". Next, edit
> > ~/.screenrc and add what you got when you did "echo $TERM" in the
> > approriate spots (ie. where there is "xterm").
>
> Thank you! After all this time I can at long last scroll within screen when
> in an rxvt (aterm). Lovely!
>
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>
>
>
The issue has been resolved so I won't impede it much by being a
proponent of the <Ctl-a>+<esc> (or in my case `<esc>). I always use
screens scrollback because it has the vi keybindings! (I think it
might have emacs one's also, or you can set them...but who would want
to do that ;-) ). Also you can search for a particular word with the
vi syntax. "`<esc>?word" is always faster than just a scroll :-).
Just my thoughts. OH and how can you live without using the
alternative screen buffer?
Either way you are using screen so that makes you cool in my eyes.
Troy
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