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From: ericblake AT comcast DOT net (Eric Blake)
To: Ken Shaffer <strobelight AT bigfoot DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Scrollback working differently?
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 00:59:24 +0000
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> 
> I have DOS window sized that a scrollback is present, start bash, do several
> ls's then scroll back.
> 
> The problem is that when I type, instead of the cursor being automatically
> positioned to the end of the scrollback (essentially making the screen
> appear as if I never scrolled back), it exists where I'm at now in the
> scroll back buffer.
> 
> Did some default change?

I'm not aware of an intentional change, however, the cmd.com
console is pretty weak in what it supports.  Try using rxvt
instead, which should provide more capabilities for what
you want.
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Eric Blake

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