On 01/20/2011 11:11 AM, pancake wrote: > On 01/20/11 16:20, cryptix wrote: >> Is a scrollback buffer really that usefull? I always get lost in them... >> Personally I'm much more comfortable with the history of my shell and >> less, grep or all kinds of other programs for long output. >> But I'd love to hear how you guys feel about this. >> >> kind regards, >> >> cryptix > I tend to use the scrolling, mostly when I type a command, and the > result is longer than expected, so it doesnt fits the window. > > I know that scrolling is a source of problems (because of different > widths), limit of buffer, > slower scrolling, more memory consumption, etc.. but it is sometimes > useful. > > I would like to have it, but i recognize that it is a source of > problems. So maybe we should > not think about it or add it as a patch until we find a decent way to > implement it. > > what do you think? >
Scrollback buffer is also useful with SIGWINCH. Let's say you're in dwm's default tiling mode with a screenful of output on the left-hand st and 4 st's stacked up on the right; you swap, then swap back and you've lost 75% of the output on your main st. Sucks. -Ross
