Horizontal Scrollbar
Raul Carvalho
Hello,
How can I turn on a horizontal scrollbar in a linux terminal? I *really*
need this feature.
Thanks,
Raul
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Andreas Kähäri
Raul Carvalho <rmcar...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello,
>
> How can I turn on a horizontal scrollbar in a linux terminal? I *really*
>need this feature.
>
> Thanks,
> Raul
What terminal emulator are you using, 'xterm' or 'rxvt' or some other?
For xterm, it's the -sb, -leftbar and -rightbar switches tha are
interesting.
Read the manual.
/A
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Raul Carvalho
Hello!
I don't have a linux box nearby, but I am pretty sure that the -sb option
doens't turn on ***horizontal*** scrolling capability. In fact, I have no
knowledge of a linux terminal that does horizontal scrolling, and that is
what I need.
Anyo more sugestions? A patch to xterm, rxvt or whatever?
Thanks again,
Raul
> What terminal emulator are you using, 'xterm' or 'rxvt' or some other?
>
> For xterm, it's the -sb, -leftbar and -rightbar switches tha are
> interesting.
>
> Read the manual.
>
> /A
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Andreas Kähäri
Raul Carvalho <rmcar...@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello!
>
> I don't have a linux box nearby, but I am pretty sure that the -sb option
>doens't turn on ***horizontal*** scrolling capability. In fact, I have no
>knowledge of a linux terminal that does horizontal scrolling, and that is
>what I need.
>
> Anyo more sugestions? A patch to xterm, rxvt or whatever?
Sorry, I always mix the two up.
No, I don't know of any such patch for xterm or rxvt.
Why do you need it?
Raul Carvalho
system tables wich have many columns produces a completly deformated output.
Very ugly. If I turn word wrap off, the results are nicer, but if the result
ocupies more columns than the ones I can fit in my monitor (even with the
terminal window maximized) I can access those results!
Maybe with a 566,475,000 (!) inches wide screen I could! :-)
Anyway, I just can't believe there isn't a terminal emulator for linux that
has a horizontal scrollbar... It's just too idiot...
Thanks anyway,
Raul
>
> Sorry, I always mix the two up.
>
> No, I don't know of any such patch for xterm or rxvt.
> Why do you need it?
>
> /A
>
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From the man page for most...
By default, lines with more characters than the terminal
width are not wrapped but are instead truncated. When
truncation occurs, this is indicated by a `$' in the far
right column of the terminal screen. The RIGHT and LEFT
arrow keys may be used to view lines which extend past the
margins of the screen. The -w option may be used to over-
ride this feature. When a window is wrapped, the charac-
ter `\' will appear at the right edge of the window.
You can find most at ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/most/
Raul Carvalho
Hello,
As far as I know, 'most' is a paging utility... It's not suitable for the
horizontal ascrolling I need. Why can't a terminal have a horizontal
scrollbar? Is it that dificult to have a 1000x1000 terminal but displaying it
in a 80x25 space with scrollbars? I can't believe there's no terminal with
this...
Raul
B. Mullen
way you want to in the editor of your choice.
i.e.
#sqlplus blah blah > sqlout.txt
Raul Carvalho
Hello,
No... There is the "spool" command, but it's not very practical. Reading the
output in a text file is not interactive neither productive. More ideas? The
author of gnome-terminal is listening? Perhaps a scrollbar to do horizontal
scroll would be a good idea... I am a linux lover, but this... It's a so
simple feature that I don't know why it's not yet implemented...
Thanks again,
Raul
In article <39EDCB40...@nojunkplease.printkey.com>,
"B. Mullen" <bmu...@nojunkplease.printkey.com> wrote:
> Can you not capture the output into a datafile and then scroll whichever
> way you want to in the editor of your choice.
> i.e.
> #sqlplus blah blah > sqlout.txt
>
>
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John Strange
Raul Carvalho (rmcar...@my-deja.com) wrote:
: How can I turn on a horizontal scrollbar in a linux terminal? I *really*
: need this feature.
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While Alcatel may claim ownership of all my ideas (on or off the job),
Alcatel does not claim any responsibility for them. Warranty expired when u
opened this article and I will not be responsible for its contents or use.
Raul Carvalho
resize it's width, no horizontal scrollbar apears...
I'm getting desperate, here! :-P
Regards,
Raul
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Raul Miguel P. Carvalho
ISR / FEUP - Porto, Portugal
In article <8t4m47$k96$1...@relay1.dsccc.com>,
jstr...@imtn.dsccc.com (John Strange) wrote:
> have you tried xterm -geom 255x50 -fn 7x13
>
> Raul Carvalho (rmcar...@my-deja.com) wrote:
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> : How can I turn on a horizontal scrollbar in a linux terminal? I *really*
> : need this feature.
>