Much to my embarrassment, I have just noticed that even when using xfce4-terminal does the Shift + PageU or Shift + PageDown work. It's something to do with the contents of /etc/screenrc and $HOME/.screenrc - something in them screws up xfce4-terminal but not xterm. I don't know exactly what it is yet.
On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 1:20 PM david kerns <david.t.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use the mouse for copy/paste... I hate it when I have to take my hand > off the mouse! > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 12:14 PM Robin Lee Powell < > robinleepow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's completely different; that's scrolling through screen's >> internal buffer, not the terminal's buffer. >> >> I find it extremely useful because I can copy and paste without >> reaching for the mouse, but that's just me. (Also I've moved to >> tmux, largely because of better support for that system.) >> >> On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 12:11:33PM -0700, david kerns wrote: >> > I'm a very casual screen user. To scroll in a modern terminal emulator >> > while running screen you have to hit <ctrl>-a <esc> (then <esc> to get >> > out of scroll mode) ... to me it's a major annoyance, and probably why >> I'm >> > a casual user. I suspect xterm is just too old to support whatever >> screen >> > is doing. >> > >> > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 10:29 AM Luveh Keraph <1.41...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > While this is probably not screen's doing, maybe somebody in this >> forum >> > > has the necessary expertise to suggest courses of action that I am not >> > > aware of. >> > > >> > > I am running Slackware 15.0. If I invoke xterm I have the capability >> of >> > > scrolling up and down in the terminal emulator by using Shfit + >> PageUp and >> > > Shift + PageDown. If I invoke screen within this emulator I retain >> that >> > > capability in the resulting shell. >> > > >> > > If invoke xfce4-terminal (the Xfce terminal emulator) I have the same >> > > scrolling capability. However, after invoking screen from this >> terminal >> > > emulator the scrolling capability is not present any more in the >> resulting >> > > shell. >> > > >> > > When brought to their attention, the Xfce people did some hand-waving >> > > while concluding, in essence, that this is expected behavior for all >> > > terminal emulators - which is obviously not right. I really think >> this is >> > > an issue (a feature?) with xfce4-terminal, but I wonder whether >> somebody >> > > with a deep knowledge of the ins and outs of screen might suggest >> > > screen tweaks to get around it? >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >
