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Add FAQ entry on terminal scrollback, from Andrew Pimlott.

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Nicholas Marriott 2012-05-17 23:30:20 +00:00
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@ -409,5 +409,26 @@ If your urxvt cannot display italics at all, make sure you have an italics
capable font enabled, for example, add to ~/.Xdefaults:
urxvt.italicFont: xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:italic:autohint=true
* How can I make tmux use my terminal's scrollback buffer?
Normally, tmux enables the terminal's "alternate screen". Most terminals (such
as xterm) do not save scrollback for the alternate screen. You might prefer
tmux to use the normal screen, so it uses your terminal's scrollback
buffer. This way, you can access the scrollback buffer as usual, for example
using the mouse wheel - although there is no guarantee output inside tmux will
always (or ever) be added to the scrollback.
You can make tmux use the normal screen by telling it that your terminal does
not have an alternate screen. Put the following in ~/.tmux.conf:
set -g terminal-overrides 'xterm*:smcup@:rmcup@'
Adjust if your $TERM does not start with xterm.
tmux will still emulate the alternate screen for applications run under tmux,
so you don't really lose anything with this setting. The only disadvantage is
that when you exit tmux, it will not restore whatever was there before you
started.
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