Disable scrolling when launching an app (Vim) inside Windows console window
In Windows, when I'm using the command prompt and launch Vim, I have a habit of trying to scroll through files using the mouse-wheel (which of course works in gVim but not inside the terminal).
Is there a way to configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling (with both the scrollbar and the mousewheel) whenever an application is launched that runs inside the console window itself?
Ideally, there should be a way to have Windows "intelligently" determine whether scrolling should be disabled (since some applications, such as ssh, benefit from having scrolling available). Failing that, since Vim is the only application I use that behaves poorly when I try to scroll within it, I'd like to be able to just specify that launching Vim should always disable scrolling.
windows vim cmd.exe
asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
Kyle StrandKyle Strand
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In Windows, when I'm using the command prompt and launch Vim, I have a habit of trying to scroll through files using the mouse-wheel (which of course works in gVim but not inside the terminal).
Is there a way to configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling (with both the scrollbar and the mousewheel) whenever an application is launched that runs inside the console window itself?
Ideally, there should be a way to have Windows "intelligently" determine whether scrolling should be disabled (since some applications, such as ssh, benefit from having scrolling available). Failing that, since Vim is the only application I use that behaves poorly when I try to scroll within it, I'd like to be able to just specify that launching Vim should always disable scrolling.
windows vim cmd.exe
asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
Kyle StrandKyle Strand
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set mouse=a??:help mousein Vim
– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:03
@lornix Nope, that's inside Vim and controls how Vim responds to scrolling.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:35
Your question makes it difficult to determine whether you're looking to disable vim scrolling, or disable the terminal window scrolling. Not that 'cmd.exe' is much of a terminal to begin with. Have you looked at thecmd.execommand line options?cmd /??
– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:38
I said "configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling," and that's what I meant. And yes, I realizecmd.exeis a lousy terminal (to be charitable), but it turns out it actually does support precisely the feature I wanted; see my answer below.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:39
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In Windows, when I'm using the command prompt and launch Vim, I have a habit of trying to scroll through files using the mouse-wheel (which of course works in gVim but not inside the terminal).
Is there a way to configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling (with both the scrollbar and the mousewheel) whenever an application is launched that runs inside the console window itself?
Ideally, there should be a way to have Windows "intelligently" determine whether scrolling should be disabled (since some applications, such as ssh, benefit from having scrolling available). Failing that, since Vim is the only application I use that behaves poorly when I try to scroll within it, I'd like to be able to just specify that launching Vim should always disable scrolling.
windows vim cmd.exe
asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
Kyle StrandKyle Strand
616731
In Windows, when I'm using the command prompt and launch Vim, I have a habit of trying to scroll through files using the mouse-wheel (which of course works in gVim but not inside the terminal).
Is there a way to configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling (with both the scrollbar and the mousewheel) whenever an application is launched that runs inside the console window itself?
Ideally, there should be a way to have Windows "intelligently" determine whether scrolling should be disabled (since some applications, such as ssh, benefit from having scrolling available). Failing that, since Vim is the only application I use that behaves poorly when I try to scroll within it, I'd like to be able to just specify that launching Vim should always disable scrolling.
windows vim cmd.exe
windows vim cmd.exe
asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
Kyle StrandKyle Strand
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asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
Kyle StrandKyle Strand
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asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
Kyle StrandKyle Strand
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asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
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asked Jun 27 '14 at 17:39
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set mouse=a??:help mousein Vim
– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:03
@lornix Nope, that's inside Vim and controls how Vim responds to scrolling.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:35
Your question makes it difficult to determine whether you're looking to disable vim scrolling, or disable the terminal window scrolling. Not that 'cmd.exe' is much of a terminal to begin with. Have you looked at thecmd.execommand line options?cmd /??
– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:38
I said "configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling," and that's what I meant. And yes, I realizecmd.exeis a lousy terminal (to be charitable), but it turns out it actually does support precisely the feature I wanted; see my answer below.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:39
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set mouse=a??:help mousein Vim
– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:03
@lornix Nope, that's inside Vim and controls how Vim responds to scrolling.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:35
Your question makes it difficult to determine whether you're looking to disable vim scrolling, or disable the terminal window scrolling. Not that 'cmd.exe' is much of a terminal to begin with. Have you looked at thecmd.execommand line options?cmd /??
– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:38
I said "configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling," and that's what I meant. And yes, I realizecmd.exeis a lousy terminal (to be charitable), but it turns out it actually does support precisely the feature I wanted; see my answer below.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:39
1
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set mouse=a ?? :help mouse in Vim– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:03
set mouse=a ?? :help mouse in Vim– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:03
@lornix Nope, that's inside Vim and controls how Vim responds to scrolling.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:35
@lornix Nope, that's inside Vim and controls how Vim responds to scrolling.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:35
Your question makes it difficult to determine whether you're looking to disable vim scrolling, or disable the terminal window scrolling. Not that 'cmd.exe' is much of a terminal to begin with. Have you looked at the
cmd.exe command line options? cmd /? ?– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:38
Your question makes it difficult to determine whether you're looking to disable vim scrolling, or disable the terminal window scrolling. Not that 'cmd.exe' is much of a terminal to begin with. Have you looked at the
cmd.exe command line options? cmd /? ?– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:38
I said "configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling," and that's what I meant. And yes, I realize
cmd.exe is a lousy terminal (to be charitable), but it turns out it actually does support precisely the feature I wanted; see my answer below.– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:39
I said "configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling," and that's what I meant. And yes, I realize
cmd.exe is a lousy terminal (to be charitable), but it turns out it actually does support precisely the feature I wanted; see my answer below.– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:39
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Apparently cmd.exe does intelligently disable scrolling by default, actually; my problem was that I was inside an ssh session, so Windows didn't actually know I was running vim. (I doubt there's a way to make the scrollbar disappear when you launch vim inside an ssh session inside cmd.exe.)
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Apparently cmd.exe does intelligently disable scrolling by default, actually; my problem was that I was inside an ssh session, so Windows didn't actually know I was running vim. (I doubt there's a way to make the scrollbar disappear when you launch vim inside an ssh session inside cmd.exe.)
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Apparently cmd.exe does intelligently disable scrolling by default, actually; my problem was that I was inside an ssh session, so Windows didn't actually know I was running vim. (I doubt there's a way to make the scrollbar disappear when you launch vim inside an ssh session inside cmd.exe.)
answered Jun 27 '14 at 19:37
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Apparently cmd.exe does intelligently disable scrolling by default, actually; my problem was that I was inside an ssh session, so Windows didn't actually know I was running vim. (I doubt there's a way to make the scrollbar disappear when you launch vim inside an ssh session inside cmd.exe.)
answered Jun 27 '14 at 19:37
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Apparently cmd.exe does intelligently disable scrolling by default, actually; my problem was that I was inside an ssh session, so Windows didn't actually know I was running vim. (I doubt there's a way to make the scrollbar disappear when you launch vim inside an ssh session inside cmd.exe.)
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set mouse=a??:help mousein Vim– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:03
@lornix Nope, that's inside Vim and controls how Vim responds to scrolling.
– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:35
Your question makes it difficult to determine whether you're looking to disable vim scrolling, or disable the terminal window scrolling. Not that 'cmd.exe' is much of a terminal to begin with. Have you looked at the
cmd.execommand line options?cmd /??– lornix
Jun 27 '14 at 19:38
I said "configure the Windows command prompt to automatically disable scrolling," and that's what I meant. And yes, I realize
cmd.exeis a lousy terminal (to be charitable), but it turns out it actually does support precisely the feature I wanted; see my answer below.– Kyle Strand
Jun 27 '14 at 19:39