write_scrollback_file doesn't work when there's just a screenful of text

[ivant]

It looks like write_scrollback_file actions do nothing if there's only output of one screen or less. Once the amount of text becomes more than one screen (even by one line), the action suddenly starts working.

This makes it hard to create useful keybindings that let the user work uniformly with the output in the terminal regardless of the amount of the output. For example, if I want to search through the output using a pager, I'd like to be able to use the same keybinding regardless of whether I have less or more than one screenful.

[mitchellh]

That's what write_screen_file is for. Scrollback is only in the scrollback area.

[ivant]

Ah, I see, I misunderstood the functionality, where screen means both the visible part and the scrollback (and deleted my comment with an attempt to clarify).

Thank you for your response!