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thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

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gnome-terminal and tmux: buffer scrolling issues

I'm running tmux with (*gasp*) gnome-terminal, but when tmux is running I can't scroll back in the buffer.  Neither Shift + Pg Up/Dn nor mouse wheel scrolling work.  If I detach tmux I am able to scroll back and forward through the buffer as expected.  I have nothing special in my tmux.conf.  Any ideas?

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SolomonKull

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From: The Internet

Registered: 2010-08-02

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Re: gnome-terminal and tmux: buffer scrolling issues

I highly suggest using Terminator.  It does everything gnome-terminal can do, plus it is a tiling terminal which makes it like tmux.  Only better, imho.

jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

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Re: gnome-terminal and tmux: buffer scrolling issues

I can use Pg Up/Down after I have invoked the tmux control key (in my case Ctrl-t): but I am guessing you have tried that...

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yejun

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Registered: 2009-10-21

Posts: 66

Re: gnome-terminal and tmux: buffer scrolling issues

Put this in .tmux.conf

set -g terminal-overrides 'xterm*:smcup@:rmcup@'

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: gnome-terminal and tmux: buffer scrolling issues

Thanks guys, I'll try your suggestions after work.  I'm hoping I can scroll back through the buffer without using the tmux control key (ala vanilla terminal style).

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duquesnc

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Registered: 2008-12-10

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Re: gnome-terminal and tmux: buffer scrolling issues

@yejun: I've been struggling with this issue in xterm for a long time. Thank you!