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Bug 747316 - Change default scrollback to more human-friendly value
Change default scrollback to more human-friendly value
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: Profiles
git master
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-04-03 21:20 UTC by Egmont Koblinger
Modified: 2016-02-21 14:24 UTC
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Description Egmont Koblinger 2015-04-03 21:20:59 UTC 
Current default is 8192 lines.

There's no technical reason for this being a power of two.  (Maybe a long time ago the whole scrollback was stored in the ring and then it was fortunate to have it a power of two??  But it's sure no longer relevant.)

How about e.g. 10000 instead?

Slightly related: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-terminal/+bug/1439704
Comment 1 Christian Persch 2015-05-10 08:43:01 UTC 
I don't see anything 'human' unfriendly about power-of-2's, but if you want to change it, do so.
Comment 2 Egmont Koblinger 2015-11-01 23:44:40 UTC 
Same goes for vte's built-in default (currently 512, could be 500 or 1000).
Comment 3 Christian Persch 2016-02-21 14:24:50 UTC 
Changed to 10000 on master.