sedwards2009 / extraterm

The swiss army chainsaw of terminal emulators
https://extraterm.org
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Open alternate screen buffer in new tab #335

Open subhav opened 3 years ago

subhav commented 3 years ago

Many terminal emulators, including Extraterm, allow you to scroll up while in alternate screen mode, but replace the bottom portion of the scrollback region. I don't think this is a real standard, and it's not very intuitive.

Would it be possible for the GUI to convey that the alternate screen buffer is really a separate buffer, while leaving the full scrollback of the main screen still accessible? For example, by displaying the alternate screen in its own full-screen tab or in its own cell below the normal scrollback region?