From: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Console scrollback
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:00:32 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YABqoLjGyiEukfBP@ACM> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210113184415.01b2b987@digimed.co.uk>
Hello, Neil.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 18:44:15 +0000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jan 2021 18:14:39 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> > > I see that the kernel code to scroll the console has been stripped out
> > > [1].
> > This is appalling. I do all my work on the console (apart from web
> > browsing), and with this development, Linux effectively becomes unusable
> > to me. I will NOT be bullied into using second rate alternatives like
> > X-Windows terminals.
> What about screen/tmux?
I suppose they'd do at a pinch, but they're both things which get
between Linux and my applications, and like X-Windows, they offer
"features" which I don't need and don't want, and hijack key sequences.
But I will look into it if I have to. For the moment, I can get by by
not updating my kernel.
> --
> Neil Bothwick
> WinErr 00D: Window closed - Do not look outside
--
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-01-14 16:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-01-13 10:30 [gentoo-user] Console scrollback Peter Humphrey
2021-01-13 10:38 ` Michael
2021-01-13 10:55 ` Peter Humphrey
2021-01-13 11:21 ` Andreas Fink
2021-01-13 11:46 ` Peter Humphrey
2021-01-13 18:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-13 18:44 ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-14 16:00 ` Alan Mackenzie [this message]
2021-01-13 19:14 ` Peter Humphrey
2021-01-13 19:32 ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-13 21:56 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-13 22:14 ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-14 16:39 ` karl
2021-01-13 22:15 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2021-01-13 23:01 ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-13 23:06 ` Grant Edwards
2021-01-14 0:00 ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-14 1:25 ` Grant Edwards
2021-01-14 17:10 ` Grant Taylor
2021-01-14 0:12 ` Neil Bothwick
2021-01-14 16:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-16 12:01 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-17 5:17 ` [gentoo-user] " Thomas Mueller
[not found] ` <20210117051748.E3239E0869@pigeon.gentoo.org>
2021-01-17 9:16 ` Philip Webb
[not found] ` <20210117051748.B8178E0863@pigeon.gentoo.org>
2021-01-19 17:09 ` Laurence Perkins
2021-01-20 19:59 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-01-21 9:32 ` Wols Lists
2021-01-21 8:58 ` Jorge Almeida
2021-01-21 12:40 ` Remco Rijnders
2021-01-21 13:00 ` Jorge Almeida
2021-01-25 12:42 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-04-02 18:30 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-04-02 19:32 ` karl
2021-04-02 20:49 ` Alan Mackenzie
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