From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp018.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.174.115]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.34 #1 (Debian)) id 16qJdT-0001bd-00 for ; Wed, 27 Mar 2002 15:03:07 -0500 Received: from h0020780ec921.ne.client2.attbi.com (HELO mycomputer) (igueths@24.62.33.0 with login) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Mar 2002 19:54:43 -0000 Message-ID: <002a01c1d5c8$1186b1a0$01213e18@mycomputer> From: "Igor Gueths" To: References: <002901c1d51e$979760a0$01213e18@mycomputer> <20020327101442.E27820@joana.gotss.net> Subject: Re: scroll back? Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:46:19 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.8 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi Kerry. Do you mean a utility such as less?=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kerry Hoath To: Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 9:14 PM Subject: Re: scroll back? > Shift-pageup and shift-pagedown activate the scrollback > feature in Linux but it doesn.t work with speakup > to my knowledge. > I use screen for this with the control-leftbracket keystroke and = scroll back that way. > To make a command show usage and page the result do this: > ls --help 2>&1|less > the 2>&1 redirects standard error to standard output so you can page = the result > through a pager. >=20 > regards, Kerry. > On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 06:33:10PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote: > > Hi listers. I have encountered the problem of let's say you are = looking at usage for a particular program. And it scrolls to the next = screen. Is there a way to be able to look at the previous screen? Like = does the screen or the operating system keep a temporary buffer of the = previous screen until refreshed by another shell command? What I'm = refering to is something similar to a scroll back buffer that I believe = used to exist in Dos. Does such a thing exist under Linux? I thought I = read in some howto that the keystroke for this was alt+backspace or = something? Thanks!=20 > >=20 > >=20 > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >=20 > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >=20 >=20 > --=20 > Kerry Hoath: kerry@gotss.net kerry@gotss.eu.org or = kerry@gotss.spice.net.au > ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry@gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath@yahoo.com.au >=20 > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com