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RE: (n00b question) How does one activate the scrollbar in an xterm?


The little girl asked, "When will the world end?"
The old man responded, "When humans cease to exist."
The old man added, "However, the shell we inhabit might determine our length of days."
The young man from askance joined in, "xterm's not a shell."

The little girl asked, "When will humans cease to exist?"
The old man responded, "When humans are no longer aware of themselves."
The old man added, "However, the shell we inhabit might determine our consciousness."
The young man from askance joined in, "xterm's not a shell."

The little girl asked, "When will humans no longer be aware of themselves?"
The old man responded, "When xterm becomes a shell."

-----Original Message-----
From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com
[mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf Of Thomas Dickey
Sent: Thu, April 06, 2006 3:20 PM
To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
Subject: RE: (n00b question) How does one activate the scrollbar in an
xterm?


On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Soong, SylokeJ wrote:

> I'm thinking that both .Xdefaults and xterm do not depend on the window 
> mgr, so that .Xdefaults entries as well as xterm cmd options should 
> function similarly on any x window mgr - at least when specifically 
> about the xterm scroll history. Is its scroll history not controlled by 
> xterm itself rather than by the window mgr?
>
> However, the shell we use and instructions we have for it might 
> determine the length of command history (which is not within context of 
> this discussion/list).

xterm's not a shell;
discussion of xterm is (usually) on-topic for this list.

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net

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