mathiasbynens / mathiasbynens/dotfiles
Downward scrolling with trackpad in man pages not working
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Description
When I open a man page in the terminal, I can't scroll down with the trackpad, but only with the up\down keys. If I scroll down with the _down key_, only then I'm able to use the trackpad to scroll _up_, and also to scroll _down_ as much as has been scrolled down with the down key.
Any ideas why this happens?
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Research direction
The issue names no file, test, or entry point; start by reproducing trackpad scrolling in a terminal man page on macOS and inspect the repository's shell and macOS configuration. Done means identifying a repository-related cause or configuration change that restores downward trackpad scrolling without first pressing the down key.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos, shell
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100