commit c7b6b7c817f3aba1a792f185ccecfdb1951b1a4e
Author: Jochen Sprickerhof <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Jan 19 22:33:45 2021 +0100
Add scroll page and release
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[Atom feed](//suckless.org/atom.xml)
+2021-01-19
+----------
+[scroll 0.2.2](//tools.suckless.org/scroll/) released:
[download](//dl.suckless.org/tools/scroll-0.1.tar.gz)
+
2020-12-11
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[svkbd 0.2.2](//tools.suckless.org/x/svkbd/) released:
[download](//dl.suckless.org/tools/svkbd-0.2.2.tar.gz)
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+scroll
+======
+This program provides a scroll back buffer for a terminal like
[st](//st.suckless.org/)(1). It
+should run on any Unix-like system.
+
+At the moment it is in an experimental state. Its not recommended for
+productive use.
+
+The initial version of this program is from Roberto E. Vargas Caballero:
+<https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1703/31256.html>
+
+What is the state of scroll?
+----------------------------
+
+The project is faced with some hard facts, that our original plan is not doable
+as we thought in the fist place:
+
+1. [crtl]+[e] is used in emacs mode (default) on the shell to jump to the end
+ of the line. But, its also used so signal a scroll down mouse event from
+ terminal emulators to the shell an other programs.
+
+ * A workaround is to use vi mode in the shell.
+ * Or to give up mouse support (default behavior)
+
+2. scroll could not handle backward cursor jumps and editing of old lines
+ properly. We just handle current line editing and switching between
+ alternative screens (curses mode). For a proper end user experience we
+ would need to write complete new a terminal emulator like screen or tmux.
+
+What is the performance impact of scroll?
+-----------------------------------------
+
+ indirect OpenBSD
+- - -
+ 0x 7.53 s
+ 1x 10.10 s
+ 2x 12.00 s
+ 3x 13.73 s
+
+Development
+-----------
+You can [browse](//git.suckless.org/scroll) its source code repository or get a
+copy using the following command:
+
+ git clone https://git.suckless.org/scroll
+
+Download
+--------
+* [scroll-0.1](//dl.suckless.org/tools/scroll-0.1.tar.gz) (2021-01-19)
