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Subject: Re: cygwin terminal question
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Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:14:45 -0400
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On Fri, 2007-07-06 at 08:57 +0200, Jan Moesen wrote:
> > e.g. I can only see the last 200 lines in my terminal.
> If you are talking about the default console window (e.g. bash), you can 
> change its properties in the window's system menu. Click on the icon in 
> the title bar, choose Properties, go to the Layout tab and change the 
> screen buffer size.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> 
> Jan!
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If you're talking about rxvt or xterm, etc, then pass the appropriate
command line parameter when invoking, or set it in .Xdefaults..


rxvt -sl 2500 => scroll length 2500
or add to .Xdefaults => Rxvt.saveLines: 2500


xterm -sl 2500
or .Xdefaults => Xterm.savelines: 2500

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