screen scrollback

[Brian Kelsay]

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)
>