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            1 scroll
            2 ======
            3 This program provides a scroll back buffer for a terminal like [st](//st.suckless.org/)(1).  It
            4 should run on any Unix-like system.
            5 
            6 At the moment it is in an experimental state.  Its not recommended for
            7 productive use.
            8 
            9 The initial version of this program is from Roberto E. Vargas Caballero:
           10 <https://lists.suckless.org/dev/1703/31256.html>
           11 
           12 What is the state of scroll?
           13 ----------------------------
           14 
           15 The project is faced with some hard facts, that our original plan is not doable
           16 as we thought in the first place:
           17 
           18 1. [crtl]+[e] is used in emacs mode (default) on the shell to jump to the end
           19    of the line.  But, its also used so signal a scroll down mouse event from
           20    terminal emulators to the shell an other programs.
           21 
           22    * A workaround is to use vi mode in the shell.
           23    * Or to give up mouse support (default behavior)
           24 
           25 2. scroll could not handle backward cursor jumps and editing of old lines
           26    properly.  We just handle current line editing and switching between
           27    alternative screens (curses mode).  For a proper end user experience we
           28    would need to write a completely new terminal emulator like screen or tmux.
           29 
           30 Development
           31 -----------
           32 You can [browse](//git.suckless.org/scroll) its source code repository or get a
           33 copy using the following command:
           34 
           35         git clone https://git.suckless.org/scroll
           36 
           37 Download
           38 --------
           39 * [scroll-0.1](//dl.suckless.org/tools/scroll-0.1.tar.gz) (2021-01-19)