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Newbie Joined: 26 Dec 2001 Posts: 1

Don't know if this annoys others as much as it annoys me, but the scrollback split-screen effect seems counter intuitive:

When you use PageUp (or CTRL-up_arrow) to scroll through the buffer, the current window splits. This is very useful. However, to remove the split and revert back to "normal" full-window mode, you must click on the '-' symbol of the status bar. Worse still, if you're like me and don't have a status bar, you have to click the down arrow symbol several times.

A more intuitive and convenient way to handle this would be to leave split-screen mode when the buffer has been scrolled "forward" to the beginning. In other words: if you press PageUp you enter split-screen mode; pressing PageDown takes you back to regular mode (assuming no new data has entered the buffer).

With so many wonderfully configurable settings in Zmud, this seems like a simple oversight. But it would do wonders for us who despise having to reach for the mouse. :)

If I'm just clueless and have completely missed a setting that already provides this functionality, feel free to burn me at the stake. :) Otherwise, thanks for the great software, and hope you consider my suggestion.

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GURU Joined: 24 Sep 2000 Posts: 1237 Location: USA

I believe both Ctrl-Z and ScrLk (Scroll Lock) will enter/leave split screen mode.

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Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2001 10:28 am

You can also use the command #FREEZE which turns the split screen on and off.

Lady C.