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So use a better terminal emulator. Rxvt-unicode allows you to pass mouse drags and scrolls directly to the terminal by holding down shift, and since it supports

by guns 15y ago

So use a better terminal emulator. Rxvt-unicode allows you to pass mouse drags and scrolls directly to the terminal by holding down shift, and since it supports perl extensions, there are many ways to scroll back and yank from the terminal's buffer. Tmux is great even if you're not using it as a process manager; it dramatically increased my productivity at the terminal (which is most of my day)

TREYisRAD 15y ago
Emulating as rxvt doesn't seem to have the desired effect on iTerm2 on OSX. Is there another solution? Entering copy-mode on tmux/screen isn't ideal.
guns 15y ago
@TREYisRAD No, you'll want to actually use rxvt-unicode [1] on X11 on your Mac. The X implementation is annoying at times on OS X, but using a great terminal is worth it if you spend all your time in one. iTerm2 is nice, and Lion's new Terminal.app isn't bad, but programs like vim and tmux are designed with real xterm-compatible terminals in mind [2]. [1]: http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/ http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/ [2]: For instance, you can enter copy-mode in tmux 1.5 with a mouse scroll if you are using xterm or rxvt-unicode
- lmz 15y ago
  The developers of iTerm2 and tmux are working on better integration: http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration
barrkel 15y ago
I'd love to, but I'm not a big fan of having to run X. Rxvt native Win32 build (as shipped with Cygwin) is my standard emulator, nice and light; and the way it integrates with the Windows clipboard makes it work even better than on X (i.e. the selection buffer - I hate that) for my usage style.
- zobzu 15y ago
  in most environements you can merge the selection buffer with the clipboard (or dismiss the selection buffer if you prefer that)
wakeup 15y ago
rxvt is a crap terminal... st anyone? I do miss the scrollbuffer though...

by guns 15y ago

TREYisRAD 15y ago

Emulating as rxvt doesn't seem to have the desired effect on iTerm2 on OSX. Is there another solution? Entering copy-mode on tmux/screen isn't ideal.

guns 15y ago

@TREYisRAD No, you'll want to actually use rxvt-unicode [1] on X11 on your Mac. The X implementation is annoying at times on OS X, but using a great terminal is worth it if you spend all your time in one. iTerm2 is nice, and Lion's new Terminal.app isn't bad, but programs like vim and tmux are designed with real xterm-compatible terminals in mind [2]. [1]: http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/ http://dist.schmorp.de/rxvt-unicode/ [2]: For instance, you can enter copy-mode in tmux 1.5 with a mouse scroll if you are using xterm or rxvt-unicode

lmz 15y ago
The developers of iTerm2 and tmux are working on better integration: http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration http://code.google.com/p/iterm2/wiki/TmuxIntegration

barrkel 15y ago

I'd love to, but I'm not a big fan of having to run X. Rxvt native Win32 build (as shipped with Cygwin) is my standard emulator, nice and light; and the way it integrates with the Windows clipboard makes it work even better than on X (i.e. the selection buffer - I hate that) for my usage style.

zobzu 15y ago
in most environements you can merge the selection buffer with the clipboard (or dismiss the selection buffer if you prefer that)

wakeup 15y ago

rxvt is a crap terminal... st anyone? I do miss the scrollbuffer though...