micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

On Windows, exiting the program erases the scrollback buffer

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Description

Description of the problem or steps to reproduce

micro will erase the scrollback buffer upon exit.

Specifications

Commit hash: 98356765
OS: Windows 10 21H2
Terminal: WindowsTerminal.exe canary, openconsole.exe canary , cmd.exe 21h2 native.

This is a deal-braker to me. Anyway to make it stop doing it? Maybe a envvar? Or is this a tcell behavior?

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Research direction

Reproduce the scrollback loss after exiting micro on the listed Windows 10 terminals, then determine whether the behavior belongs to micro or tcell. Done means identifying the responsible component and either preserving the scrollback buffer on exit or documenting why that cannot be changed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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