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From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: Improved dos bos for bash with scollable window ???
Date:	25 Nov 2003 11:19:33 GMT
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Boris New <frenchtouch AT ifrance DOT com> wrote:

> When using the command line under win98 I really miss a scrollable
> window like under Linux.

You, and lots of others.  Unfortunately it doesn't exist, and quite
probably that's because it is fundamentally impossible.

DOS itself does not expect a terminal window to be back-scrollable,
and will cause all kinds of strange things to happen if you try to
convince it otherwise.

You may have noticed that the NT console window, which usually does
have scrolling capabilities, immediately loses those when you run any
MS-DOS program that outputs to the screen.  That's the same problem in
a different dress.

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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