Bug#280457: xterm: Save terminal data when X connection is lost
On 2004-12-10 03:45:11 -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > Severity: wishlist
>
> I agree. :)
Well, I considered that losing data (as long as the program has the
control of them) was a bug.
> I get basically this functionality, plus a lot of other useful
> features, by using GNU Screen, available in the Debian package
> "screen".
The (only?) big problem with screen is that one cannot scrollback
with the mouse.
> Except for a vastly annoying problem having to do with the failure of
> screen and xterm to cooperate regarding what the primary selection is,
> I highly recommend it.
Hasn't this primary selection problem just been fixed as a consequence
of the fix for bug 277832?
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