On Monday, August 12, 2013 21:56:09 Nick Sabalausky wrote: > On Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:12:21 +0200 > > "Adam D. Ruppe" <destructiona...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tuesday, 13 August 2013 at 01:09:41 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > > > ex, really long output, or a unix vm without X, > > > > Tip: try hitting shift + page up and shift + page down. Works in > > xterm and the text mode linux console to scroll the terminal. > > Whoa, even in text-mode? That's cool. I'll have to also remember to try > next time I boot my freebsd vm. I deliberately didn't put X on it, so > that one's text mode only. Maybe that trick will work there, too.
shift + page up and shift + page down works on the standard linux console you get if not in X and are in a tty (though it loses its history if you change to a different tty). I assume that it's the same with FreeBSD, but I don't know. - Jonathan M Davis