Hi

I have been using Linux for a number of years and the only gripe
I have is that I can not find a terminal emulator that has horizontal 
scroll bars or I can't find away to configure my environment so that 
lines scroll horizontally and I can scroll through them using arrow 
keys for example. Why would I want them I hear you ask ?
Simply because when you are tailing a log file ( eg syslog from cisco
routers or worse snmp traps) having a line wrap makes viewing the logs
very difficult.  All I am after is something like xnmevent viewer from
HP that doesn't wrap lines but alllows you to scroll horizontally
without stopping the real time logs.

I have tried the following
less -F (works but have to stop reading the logfile when scrolling horizontally)
set horizontal-scroll-mode on (only scrolls on command line not log output)
A large xterm that wraps across 2 virtual desktops (ugly)

This has to be a common requirement but I can not find an answer anywhere 

Thanks in advance
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James
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