screen scrollback

[Steven Hildreth]

I thought this might be appropriate for the topic;

http://applications.linux.com/applications/04/11/29/1651257.shtml?tid=47&tid=51&tid=23

Regards,
Steven



On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 20:00:39 -0600, Brian Kelsay <bkelsay at comcast.net> wrote:
> I used a lot more words to say it, but the info at the bottom was
> present in my quotation of the Fine Manual.  I later went on to describe
> the salient points of interaction between terminal window and program,
> i.e. screen.  I suppose I could learn to read minds, you could give me
> my own login and I could do stuff for you, but what would be the point
> in that?
> I try to give clear answers, quote where appropriate, give an URL to my
> source and flesh out unspoken details.  All this so that I and others
> may learn more.  Where's that link to the Jargon File on asking good
> questions?
> 
> 
> 
> Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 November 2004 02:49 pm, Bill Cavalieri wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>The problem is that when running screen in a terminal window, screen
> >>>tends to intercept the scrollback buffer.   This means that whatever
> >>>you've configured for the terminal program is often irrelevant, as is the
> >>>terminal program's normal scrollback function.
> >
> > (Meaning, aparantly, "How is normal scrollback functionality to be maintained
> > when using multiple screen sessions?")
> >
> > That's easy:  Just like putty does it.
> >
> > Yes, each session in screen needs it's own buffer.  No, I'm not sure how putty
> > achieves this.
> >
> > I'm also not able to check to make sure putty works with multiple screen
> > sessions, if at all.  I do know that my default xterm will not scroll back
> > with a _single_ screen session - the buffer indicator goes to 100% when I
> > launch screen.
> >
> > I have read the manuals, which is why I find it frustrating when people on the
> > list just quote man pages at me regarding this.  They don't actually address
> > the problem.
> >
> > Thank YOU very much though, you found the answer:
> >
> > Place
> >
> > termcapinfo xterm ti@:te@
> >
> > in your .screenrc file.
> >
> > (better yet in /etc/screenrc)
> >
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