* copymode
The copymode gives easy acess to the scroll back buffer. The commands
use vi style keybindings, use Mod+v to activate it, navigate with
h,j,k,l,^,$,g,H,M,L,G search with / (forward) and ? (backwards) select
text with v and copy it with y. Then later paste it with MOD+p.
The search functionality is also available directly via MOD+/ and MOD+?.
Read the manual page for further information. This could be useful
for st users who want a scroll back buffer.
* alternate screen mode
The alternate mode is for example used by midnight commander when you
press CTRL+o to switch between the file manager and the shell where the
output is now preserved even after multiple switches back and forth.
* dvtm now ships its own terminfo file dvtm.info (which at this time is
mostly a copy of the previously used rxvt one) as a consequence $TERM
within dvtm window is now set to dvtm{,-256color} depending on whether
the "outer" terminal supports 256 color mode. The value of $TERM within
dvtm can be overriden by the environment variable DVTM_TERM which
will be appropriately suffixed by "-256color" if possible.
So make sure to install the shipped dvtm.info terminal description file
("make install" does it by default).
* MOD+C creates a new window with the same working directory as the
currently active window (this relies on the /proc filesystem and thus
only works on Linux furthermore it expects a POSIX.1-2008 conformant
realpath(3) implementation).
* -M command line flag to disable mouse support upon startup so that dvtm's
mouse handling doesn't interfere with standard X text selection
* -t command line flag to set a static title of the dvtm "root window" i.e.
the terminal in which dvtm itself runs. If the flag is omitted dvtm now
sets the title to the one of the currently focused window.
* dvtm now follows the config.def.h conventions of the other suckless
projects which prevents conflicts with config.h and thus allows easier
tracking of the git repository.
* various terminal emulation fixes
* various code cleanups all over the place
Plain ncurses doesn't seem to be supported anymore, so switch over to
use ncursesw by default and remove the corresponding PKG_OPTION.
0.5.1 changes:
o Compile fix for missing set_escdelay function
o Correct escape codes for HOME / END keys
o The Makefile links against libncursesw by default, make unicode is gone
0.5 changes:
o Scrollback support
o 256 color support
o Reduced latency on some keystrokes (lower $ESCDELAY value by default)
o Statusbar should now support wide characters
o $DVTM environment variable which is set to the current version
o Screen lock functionality with Mod+X
o Support for shifted arrow keys
o Mod+? now displays the dvtm man page
o Cygwin compile fix
o Code cleanups and shrinkage by adding lots of static modifiers
o Top stack layout (not compiled in by default)
o Scripting interface over a named pipe (not compiled in by default)
* Cursor key mode switching (this fixes arrow keys in vim)
* Characters following an escape are passed to the underlying
application, this fixes ALT+<n> key combination as used by
irssi
* A hack to make the keypad sort of work with putty
* Mouse support is now compile time selectable
* Destroy clients when an IO-error occurs
* Correct signal handling (save and restore errno)
* Destroy clients cleanly, prevent zombies
* Added a note about copy & paste to the manual page (use
SHIFT while selecting or pasting text)
* Some source code formatting fixes
dvtm brings the concept of tiling window management, popularized by X11-window
managers like dwm to the console. As a console window manager it tries to make
it easy to work with multiple console based programs like vim, mutt, cmus or
irssi.
Packaged by Leonardo Taccari in pkgsrc-wip.
