Scroll inside Screen, or Pause Output
I use screen for my command-line tasks while managing the servers where I work. I usually run small commands (mostly file-system tasks) but sometimes I run more extensive tasks (like DBA).
scrolling
How to scroll the screen using the middle click?
On Windows, most programs with large, scrollable text containers (e.g. all browsers, most word processors and IDEs) let you press the middle mouse button and then move the mouse to scroll. This scrolling is smooth and allows you to scroll very quickly using just the mouse.
How to scroll large datafile while keeping header
Suppose I have some large datafile, which overflow the screen in both vertical and horizontal direction. How can I browse this file, while the header-lines stay on the screen?
What exactly is scrollback and scrollback buffer?
What are “scrollback” and “scrollback buffer” in programs like bash and screen, and how do they relate to the tty, the programs being run, and stdin/ stdout/ stderr?
Is there a way to make Screen scroll like a normal terminal?
I love screen, but it drives me nuts that I have to stop typing input, hit CTRL+A [, and then find what I need.
Disable scroll inside Xfce terminal / Avoid scrolling through command history
Is there a way to disable scrolling through command history for the Xfce terminal? I don’t wish to rely on palm rejection, I’d just like it disabled when I’m using the terminal. Specifically I’m talking about not cycling through previous commands at the prompt when scrolling with mouse/touchpad.
Is it possible to tweak input from touchpad?
I use a MS keyboard on my Debian machine. The problem is that MS does not ship configuration software for us and touchpad’s default scrolling directions are reversed (it uses natural scrolling).