Date: Sat, 11 Jan 1997 01:15:52 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: louie@TransSys.COM, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A cool xterm? Message-ID: <199701110615.BAA02660@crh.cl.msu.edu> References: <5b79dl$2b8e@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.hackers you write:
>Seriously, one of the thinks I loved about the Stuart terminal emulator
>on NeXTSTEP is that the scrollback buffer was essentially infinite (or
>could be if you wanted). It "did the right thing" when the screen was
>cleared and other cursor positioning stuff happened. Funny, I can't
>exactly explain what "the right thing" is now, all I know is that xterm
>and rxvt don't manage to do it, sigh.
God knows I would give alot for the NeXT terminal emulator, I know people who
still use nextstep just for that reason!
-Crh
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Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
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