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Yes, but this does come with differences and tradeoffs. If the terminal isn't managing the scrollback, you don't get scrollbars and you lose any smooth/high res
by jdiff 6mo ago
Yes, but this does come with differences and tradeoffs. If the terminal isn't managing the scrollback, you don't get scrollbars and you lose any smooth/high resolution scrolling. You also lose fancy terminal features like searching the scrollback, all that needs to be implemented in your application. Depending on the environment it can also wind up being quite unpleasant to use with a trackpad, sometimes skipping around wildly for small movements.
- _verandaguy 6mo agoThe other part (which IMO is more consequential) is that once the LLM application quits or otherwise drops out of the alternate screen, that conversation is lost forever. With the usual terminal mode, that history can outlive the Claude application, and considering many people keep their terminals running for days or sometimes even weeks at a time, that means having the convo in your scrollback buffer for a while.
- jaredsohn 6mo ago>that conversation is lost forever. You should be able to find it in ~/.claude You can also ask Claude to search your history to answer questions about it.