RE: scrollback and VT switching
Ray_Van_Tassle-CRV004@email.mot.com
14 Mar 96 08:23:07 -0600
> Thomas Koenig writes:
> > After switching from the current VT to another one and back, scrollback
> > no longer works for the original VT. Is this a bug or a feature? :-)
>
> Feature, I would say. Scrollback is done into video memory, there's no
> individual buffer for each VT. And it seems the video memory is cleared
> after each VT switch.
>
> Stephane GAY <gay@valmorel.grenoble.hp.com>
Mis-feature, I would say. It would be more useful, if the scrollback was
independent for each VT window, preserved when you switch, and held more
lines (possibly configurable). If it worked similarly to the way it works
in xterm, that you be great---and much more intuitive.
-30- Ray