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Unable to pause autoscrolling
Feature description something will cost a long time, sometime i want to find out what it say, but i can not . either press ctrl+c to break working for read, or wait for work is finish,but may be some output is loss.
Reference implementation mac osx terminal when you scrollup,autoscroll will stoping, when scrollend it will keeping scrolling.
Until something is done about this, you can pipe output to less as a temporary solution. Output isn't lost, and you can follow along at your own pace.
Very annoying indeed. I'd have thought there'd be a setting for this, but I can't find one.
That less idea is interesting, but I imagine I'd still often come across situations where it's not until I've already commenced a long command with output (without less) that I realise I need to see some scrollback.
I don't imagine this would be difficult to implement, but I could be wrong.
Ah, I see this is a duplicate of https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/684 where it's suggested to use tmux. I guess it's about time I learn how to use that
@SDRausty can you please elaborate? AFAIK emacs is an alternative to Vim.
@ZimbiX less breaks most escaped output, even when -r or -R flags are set.
I know Android has the most painful excuse for word-wrapping. They call it breakStrategy and its accepted values make absolutely no sense (balanced, high_quality, simple). Web developers know you either want break-none, break-word or break-all.
Since termux does behave as "break-all", it means they probably devised their own grid system, which means it should be easy enough to lock onto a certain row. Not sure why it's taking so long to implement this because having to inspect streaming output whilst fighting against the automatic scrolling is disturbing to say the least.
so tmux it is...
AFAIK emacs is
search string: run command in emacs
I have not done this in quite some time: This was... Compiling the Linux kernel on i386, including more recent processors, the box, keyboard and the 3d box screen. The screen resembled a portable TV btw. Kinescope screen time and the small screen buffer were issues. 40 lines of screen, then the screen output is gone. Emacs performs well...
alt search string: run command in vim
@qidizi are you familiar with this topic at tldp.org?
search string: redirect output bash site:tldp.org
The ability to pause autoscrolling, including searching autoscrolling is available through tools such as emacs, redirecting output (a native shell ability), vim, stream editors, etc...
How would a user access a native ability to pause autoscrolling in Termux? A Termux meta key in the extra keys row? A meta key popup like: long screen press > More... > Help which shows our help page?
Once autoscrolling is paused, will the user be able to manually scroll the screen as desired until manually unpausing autoscrolling?
AFAIK emacs is
search string:
run command in emacsI have not done this in quite some time: This was... Compiling the Linux kernel on i386, including more recent processors, the box, keyboard and the 3d box screen. The screen resembled a portable TV btw. Kinescope screen time and the small screen buffer were issues. 40 lines of screen, then the screen output is gone. Emacs performs well...
alt search string:
run command in vim@qidizi are you familiar with this topic at tldp.org?
search string:
redirect output bash site:tldp.orgThe ability to pause autoscrolling, including searching autoscrolling is available through tools such as emacs, redirecting output (a native shell ability), vim, stream editors, etc...
How would a user access a native ability to pause autoscrolling in Termux? A Termux meta key in the extra keys row? A meta key popup like: long screen press > More... > Help which shows our help page?
Once autoscrolling is paused, will the user be able to manually scroll the screen as desired until manually unpausing autoscrolling?
ping 127.0.0.1
output overflow and autoscrolling
when swipe up n pixel paused
when swipe down to last line keep autoscrolling.
@qidizi is long tap until the context menu shows when the screen is scrolling what you are looking for? When the menu shows up, the scrolling pauses.
@qidizi is long tap until the context menu shows when the screen is scrolling what you are looking for? When the menu shows up, the scrolling pauses.
Yes, it will pause. But it's not a friendly operation. For example, if I want to copy another line, I have to click on the screen to cancel the menu, but it's scrolling out of the visible area. The ping operation only adds 1 line per second, and maybe you can easily hold down the line you want, what if it's a cat log? Maybe you'll terminate the operation and use grep, so what if the add-on line is extremely fast and can't be used multiple times? So I think it's very friendly to roll up n px like the terminal of mac and pull down to the end line and resume scrolling.
There is a function for this in most terminals. I found that you can also enable it in Termux like this:
stty ixon (you will probably want to place this to some init script)
and then, to pause:
ctrl-S
and to resume
ctrl-Q
Just tried it with the ping command. And its clean, no workaround. :)
Refernece: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/12108
Pausing the terminal is not the same. If there is a large output stream, resuming output will make you lose your scroll position and you will have to scroll all the way up to continue reading.
This is an essential feature that should have been implemented years ago 🤷♂️ workarounds it is.
Edit: I don't know a single terminal besides termux that doesn't behave this way (retain scroll position if not at the bottom).
I really agree with you and it annoys me, too. I just thought I could share this way in case it suits someones needs. And its deeply integrated, as I said. :smiley:
Why are all my comments minimized in this issue, and all across the board at https://github.com/termux suddenly minimized? The answers that I have received thus far from @agnostic-apollo and @Grimler91:
"I am spamming," by @Grimler91
"I am throwing tantrums," by @agnostic-apollo
Pardon my comment that I find both of these answers to be very disturbing, and also to be intimidation and perversion of work asked for by Termux, then outright banned, bashed and hidden. Only later to be exploited via incorperation of projects into Termux that had been shared along with credits taken from authors that had been banned.
If Termux is asking/pleading for assistance, and then Termux is outright bashing/deleting/hiding/ignoring and minimizing valid contibutions that do truely work in Termux without rooting Android, then the main motivation seems to be, "if it doesn't work, root your Android," logic at all costs to our end users and Termux app and Termux apps and to Termux packages development itself.
In line with President Putin's plan to sacrifice his country of Russia hoping to be victor of a post WW3 world...
здравствуйте
Why are all my comments minimized in this issue, and all across the board at https://github.com/termux suddenly minimized? The answers that I have received thus far from @agnostic-apollo and @Grimler91:
https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/686
https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/202#issuecomment-1072904804_
You were posting off-topic/non-sense comments on every issue we find. you keep sponsoring your TermuxArch project when if it's about porting new packages for Termux itself, it's a nice project but it would be pointless adding new packages if we rely on running programs in Arch instead of Termux natively (why not we turn this project into Arch ecosystem). and you also post irrelevant comments in most issues that hasn't been found helpful at all or even out of topic when we're focusing on a specific issue of a problem. you've been struggling to stay on-topic associated with the issue
If Termux is asking/pleading for assistance, then Termux is outright bashing/deleting/hiding/ignoring and minimizing valid contibutions that truely work in Termux without rooting Android, then the main motivation seems to be, "if it doesn't work, root your Android," logic at all costs to our end users and Termux app and Termux apps and to https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/8758.
We don't force users to root their devices just to use Termux. there is a specific reason why packages cannot be ported. contributions and suggestions are welcome but yours don't be seem to be helpful at all which we had to minimize your comments
And also this is not the right place to complain such stuff. use appropriate place (e.g. discussions) for your complains and suggestions that you've been trying to address than posting it here
I hope you realize on what you've been doing and why we need to minimize your comments because we find it irrelevant and unhelpful. if you keep throwing tantrums and not realizing your mistakes then we would definitely ban you from this organization
off-topic/non-sense comments
Examples with links please, I am not asking for more spam wall bashing. Please aquant yourself with TermuxArch's goals. One of which is to show what can be easily ported into Termux as it does work, as opposed to does not work today, if ever.
use appropriate place (e.g. discussions) for your complains and suggestions
How, as my account has been repeatedly banned at Gitter and through other disscussion channels as well by Termux?
Examples with links please, I am not asking for more spam wall bashing. Please aquant yourself with TermuxArch's goals. One of which is to show what can be easily ported into Termux as it does work, as opposed to does not work today, if ever.
I hope you read these carefully: https://github.com/termux/termux-app/issues/686#issuecomment-680977125 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/202#issuecomment-1072665323
And this is where you spam your project three times: https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/202#issuecomment-1072665323 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/202#issuecomment-1072665323 https://github.com/termux/termux-packages/issues/202#issuecomment-1072665323
How, as my account has been repeatedly banned at Gitter and through other disscussion channels as well by Termux?
https://github.com/termux/termux-app/discussions
right place
Op @qidizi
Unable to pause autoscrolling press ctrl+c to break
How has minimizing these comments in this thread contributing to Termux's smooth and rapid development?
Try
emacsfor this. It's been around for decades.
AFAIK emacs is
search string:
run command in emacs
I have not done this in quite some time: This was... Compiling the Linux kernel on i386, including more recent processors, the box, keyboard and the 3d box screen. The screen resembled a portable TV btw. Kinescope screen time and the small screen buffer were issues. 40 lines of screen, then the screen output is gone. Emacs performs well...
alt search string:
run command in vim
@qidizi are you familiar with this topic at tldp.org?
search string:
redirect output bash site:tldp.org
The ability to pause autoscrolling, including searching autoscrolling is available through tools such as emacs, redirecting output (a native shell ability), vim, stream editors, etc...
How would a user access a native ability to pause autoscrolling in Termux? A Termux meta key in the extra keys row? A meta key popup like: long screen press > More... > Help which shows our help page?
Once autoscrolling is paused, will the user be able to manually scroll the screen as desired until manually unpausing autoscrolling?
@qidizi is long tap until the context menu shows when the screen is scrolling what you are looking for? When the menu shows up, the scrolling pauses.
@wmcbtech30 said
we find it irrelevant and unhelpful. if you keep throwing tantrums
I am not surprised @fornwall is absent to ask for help if he was disturbed for contributing for us. How were my comments in this thread irrelevant and unhelpful?
@qidizi said
Unable to pause autoscrolling press ctrl+c to break working for read,
Op's question answered is irrelevant and unhelpful? How?
How has minimizing these comments quoted from this thread contributed to Termux's smooth and rapid development?
we wouldn't minimize your comments if you know exactly what "Contributing" really does. you are struggling elaborating your post. your comments doesn't really makes sense at all. even if you contribute for years, you probably didn't realize that your some of your comments are actually hidden and realize it today. you keep redirecting issues to your TermuxArch project. some have low disk space and some do not have experience with arch which is not helpful at all for some
And this is where you spam your project three times:
I hope that you are aware that as far as we knew then in late 2017, that it was impossible for povray to work in Termux as far as anyone knew. It took many device hours, and much difficult and hard work to announce a breakthrough in Termux and for Termux in that one thread alone! How is sharing newly uncovered milestones after milestones just more spam @wmcbtech30?
Considering that proot adds overhead. it wouldn't be optimal to run povray in arch. especially if people have very low end device that would stressing the CPU and the disk space and could impact on performance. you do know the point of package request issues is to port it for Android specifically and not focus on another thing. people would automatically install a distribution if they find out that package is not present at termux repos but yours seem to keep advertising your arch project
Examples with links please
Please aquant yourself with TermuxArch's goals. One of which is to show what can be easily ported into Termux as it does work, as opposed to does not work today, if ever.
considering it works in arch. it was compiled with different toolchain, while some packages introduce compilation problems and some device has narrow disk space and indecent specifications, i'm locking this issue because it was too heated