From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 17 16:02:43 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4BFB1065712 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:02:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f171.google.com (mail-ew0-f171.google.com [209.85.219.171]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 306A78FC18 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:02:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so952309ewy.43 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:02:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=tvgXG0RF9xDLqJEffbxxqrniNDAZ2/3XLDB6DpKsd8Y=; b=LFAcqKhf7KcUeKqlUAPU7kudQb3+THeFijv5KfJxEjC2fmftsMutD1M7T2WkheV65V 827DKKZQ+zc8NLek1BmfEA9Gkya44LKVoVHNA7sSrKJY7wyMQoYCVeeMugbia+VV56my 2VqsToMmcHqDQY+J9YZR0Dn8c9LrpmQNCJh+g= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=HjrjlfNiaKMiEAZ2aMaYUwki24ApV/FliUgkQRehd3sGOM/wGLU1Wmb/5w/d29od56 mbfVla1pQ7balYtS2+TN1mWFZxLQJpNXHjiXHZiALq+4CL9BMnKoCWehcdRfMjwYMQwP n86PulbijBfmTWv09dOxxCx/IP8sVCPjRbF5g= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.210.128.10 with SMTP id a10mr2920766ebd.15.1239984162181; Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:02:42 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090417175747.c9c7d444.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1bd550a00904170755r365f0e09h5f3398aac09158c3@mail.gmail.com> <20090417175747.c9c7d444.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:02:42 +0200 Message-ID: <1bd550a00904170902p24396d18m9f50656d157ac9c5@mail.gmail.com> From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fernando_Apestegu=EDa?= To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Console mode scrolling X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:02:46 -0000 2009/4/17 Polytropon : > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:55:16 +0200, Fernando Apestegu=EDa wrote: >> Is there a way to scroll the screen in console mode? Something like I >> do in Linux with Ctrl + Page Up? > > FreeBSD offers a better solution than Linux: It uses the key on > the keyboard that is intended to do this. > > Have a look at the ScrL (Scroll Lock) key. Have you ever asked > yourself what this key will do? Try it, press it! :-) Believe it or not, I forgot about the key because I never had to use it before :) Thanks! > > Use the up / down and page up / page down arrow keys then. To > relapse to normal operations, press ScrL again. > > While in ScrL mode, you can still enter data, but it won't be > echoed to the terminal. You will see it after exiting ScrL > mode. > > To indicate ScrL mode, the block cursor will disappear. > > > > > > -- > Polytropon > From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... >