On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:16:18AM +0200, Stefan Ring wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Jay Ashworth <jra@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > (and I apologize that I can't copy that in; I was running under screen, and > > it doesn't cooperate with scrollback well). > > Running inside screen is perfect for conserving scrollback, although > actually getting it out is a bit tedious: > > - Enter copy mode: Ctrl-a Ctrl-[ (moving around: Pg-Up/Pg-Down via > Ctrl-B/Ctrl-F) > - Mark a selection: SPC + moving up or down > - Yank: Y > - Write to file: Ctrl-a :writebuf /tmp/scrlog > > I also tend to have this in my ~/.screenrc: > > defscrollback 20000 Add this to your ~/.screenrc: termcapinfo xterm|xterms|xs|rxvt ti@:te@ And screen will write to the terminal's scrollback buffer rather than it's own internal buffer. Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ xfs mailing list xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs
