Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com X-Originating-IP: [195.224.233.3] From: "John Vincent" To: yyyyy50 AT hotpop DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Console issue Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 14:03:57 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 08 Aug 2002 14:03:58.0115 (UTC) FILETIME=[7086E730:01C23EE4] Hi, When using "vi" don't use the scroll bar. "vi" is designed to work on a terminal, or a window acting like a terminal. You should use the page-up and page-down keys on the keyboard instead. /John Vincent. >From: "Stephen C. Biggs" >To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com >Subject: Console issue >Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 06:56:13 -0700 > >Is this a known issue? > >I have my cygwin shortcut properties modified in the layout to allow for >9999 screen buffer lines. >I fire up a console, and hit enter a whole bunch of times so that the >scroll bar moves a bit down. > >Then I go into vi on a big text file and while in vi, tap above the >scroll thumb a few times to page up in the console. Then I do :q and >when I start hitting enter again, the contents of what was in vi is still >present in the screen buffer. This means that I have to hit enter a lot >of times to get past it. > >I hope I explained this understandably. > >-- >Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple >Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html >Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html >FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/