Monday, October 2, 2017

Re: How to scroll back in Vim's built-in terminal?

Cesar Romani wrote:

> On 01/10/2017 01:57 p.m., Bram Moolenaar wrote:
> >
> > Redesorr wrote:
> >
> >> I am using Vim's built-in ":terminal", it works well.
> >>
> >> However, I found it is impossible to scroll back in this terminal.
> >>
> >> I have tried several terminal emulators and Gvim. But none of them
> >> can let me scroll back in terminal opened by ":terminal" command.
> >>
> >> I tried SHIFT+PgUp and Ctrl+Shift+UP, both failed. And I don't find
> >> any information about scroll back in ":terminal" in Vim's document.
> >>
> >> Is there any way to scroll text in Vim's ":terminal"?
> >
> > First go to Terminal-Normal mode with CTRL-W N. Now the terminal
> > window behaves (mostly) like a normal buffer, you can scroll back with
> > CTRL-B or jump to the start with "gg". As soon as you use an insert
> > command such as "i" or "a" it will go back to Terminal-Job mode.
> >
>
> Bmut CTRL-W N opens a new window! Only CTRL-\ CTRL-N goes to
> Terminal-Normal mode. I'm using gvim on Windows 7.

It works fine for me. Maybe you typed "n" instead of "N"?

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