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SubjectRe: scrollback
> > > > > There is a real need for you to use a program called "screen".  ;
-)
> > > > > It does exactly what you want - and much more...
It's all this "much more" that I *don't* want.

> > > >
> > > > Nope, screen does not permit colors. :(
> > > >
> > > > > -- George, Lord Halifax
>
> I have to disagree with the screen argument.
>
> For most of our purposes, the VT or VC works fine for everyone,
> except that most people (that have an opinion) would like a
> slightly more persistant scroll back buffer.
YES!!!!!!!!!!!


> It's just annoying to me that we do *almost* the right thing
> now. There should be no need to have the kernel do 97% and
> another program that does that 97%, plus another 2% and requires
> new keystrokes to learn, uses a different terminal type ....
>
> Changing between "screen" and VT's is annoying because it is so
> close to the human mental hardware. Like learning Dvorak
> keyboard -- not worth it if you can only use it half the time.
Yes. If somebody could just come up with a way to swap out/in kernel data,
it would be fairly easy. Um, is there *already* a way to have kernel data
swapped?

-30- Ray

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