As far as I'm aware konsole is the only one that does this. Possibly gnome-terminal, certainly not xterm which is pretty much the standard terminal now.
So I'd say it's more unexpected than expected. Still, I don't see any harm in it - all the mouse stuff in tmux defaults to off anyway. It would be better to do this without adding a new option though. On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 03:54:59PM +0000, Paul Gideon Dann wrote: > On Monday 18 Nov 2013 15:35:20 Nicholas Marriott wrote: > > > Lines are not added to history in alternate screen but in tmux existing > > > history is still available. But I don't think it is a big issue for the > > > scroll wheel not to enter copy mode in alternate screen mode. > > > > Oh yes; I see that if I enter copy-mode in Vim, I can scroll back to the > console before Vim was invoked. In my opinion, this actually feels a > little confusing. It's never really occurred to me that I might be able to > scroll back, because in my head when I enter a new buffer, the old one is > hidden away behind the current buffer. To get back to it, I would always > do ":sh" in Vim to return to the primary buffer and enter copy-mode there, > then return to Vim. Similarly for man/less, although it would mean > actually exiting. Konsole certainly doesn't allow me to scroll back until > I leave the alternate buffer. > > > > So I actually think implementing this behaviour in the alternate buffer > would provide a double-pronged element-of-least-surprise advantage: > > > > 1) It supports the concept that the primary buffer is hidden away behind > the alternate buffer, like a pop-up window, and therefore temporarily > inaccessible. > > > > 2) It makes it possible for mouse scrolling in "man", "less", and others > "just work" in the way they do outside of term. (Or at least I assume > terminals other than Konsole have this behaviour too.) > > > > Paul > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > DreamFactory - Open Source REST & JSON Services for HTML5 & Native Apps > OAuth, Users, Roles, SQL, NoSQL, BLOB Storage and External API Access > Free app hosting. Or install the open source package on any LAMP server. > Sign up and see examples for AngularJS, jQuery, Sencha Touch and Native! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63469471&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
