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Scrolling in Terminal is weird

asked 2015-06-08 22:58:46 +0300

mettska
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updated 2015-06-08 22:59:50 +0300

Before: Sorry for my english....

I just tested to look for the changelog of the maps-application (rpm -q --changelog sailfish-maps). Scrolling up in the Terminal was really no fun. Its very very slow, so you have to move your thumb a lot to come to the interesting point. In this case I solved it with "|more" (Why |less doesnt work?), but when needing some information from the mid of a document, you need a lot of time.

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how about pkcon install less

chemist ( 2015-06-08 23:10:32 +0300 )edit

doesnt work for me. but it doesnt matter, i dont use any special feature of less, but i thougt, that less has been since years the "more 2.0" and so i was wondering why its not on board as a standard.

mettska ( 2015-06-10 19:33:16 +0300 )edit

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answered 2015-06-09 00:04:12 +0300

ssahla

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I could have written the same post - I just spent some time scrolling the Maps change log. But: I noticed you can scroll faster by moving your finger very slowly. Intuitive, right? :)

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That is called feature, slow it behaves like a scrollbar, fast like a page...

chemist ( 2015-06-09 00:06:49 +0300 )edit

I understand it's a feature, and it works ok. Just saying it's not exactly intuitive... Intuitively, you're going to move your finger fast if you want to go fast.

ssahla ( 2015-06-09 00:28:56 +0300 )edit

And it is exactly upside down for the same reason, on touch devices you easily overthrow and that is bad on a small screen. Nothing you cannot get used to within a couple of minutes...

chemist ( 2015-06-09 00:47:02 +0300 )edit

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