[PATCH] Re: how to search scrollback incrementally

martin f krafft madduck at madduck.net
Wed Aug 29 15:11:02 CEST 2007


also sprach Arnaud Vrac <rawoul at zogzog.org> [2007.08.29.1430 +0200]:
> Just use the down/up arrows.

Spiffy. This should be documented in other places than rxvtperl(3) (which I
found it now). Here's a manpage patch against rxvt(1) and rxvt(7):

--- rxvt.1.pod.orig     2007-08-29 15:06:05.000000000 +0200
+++ rxvt.1.pod  2007-08-29 15:07:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@
 =item B<searchable-scrollback:> I<keysym>
 
 Sets the hotkey that starts the incremental scrollback buffer search
-(default: C<M-s>).
+(default: C<M-s>). Use the up/down arrow keys to move between matches.
 
 =item B<urlLauncher>: I<string>
 

--- rxvt.7.pod.orig     2007-08-29 15:06:08.000000000 +0200
+++ rxvt.7.pod  2007-08-29 15:08:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -502,6 +502,11 @@
 
    URxvt.searchable-scrollback: CM-s
 
+=head3 How do I move between matches found by incremental scrollback search?
+
+Use the up/down arrow keys to move between matches found by searching the
+scrollback buffer.
+
 =head3 The cursor moves when selecting text in the current input line, how do I switch this off?
 
 See next entry.

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