Section 9: Settings: Text Entry

From the Settings tab, TouchTerm allows you to control several attributes of the terminal display and operation. The first section allows you to configure the Immediate Mode, Auto-Return Mode, and Batch Mode as described above.

Also, here you can configure Auto-Scroll to be on or off. When Auto-Scroll is on, whenever you are typing, TouchTerm will auto-scroll the window's contents so that the cursor is visible. Of course, you can still adjust the scrolling manually while the keyboard is up. TouchTerm will not Auto-Scroll when the keyboard is not visible. If Auto-Scroll is turned off, TouchTerm will never scroll the window automatically. This is sometimes useful when using applications where the cursor jumps around.

Finally, there is the "Allow Scrollback" setting, which determines whether or not TouchTerm displays content that is "above" the normal screen size (80x24). When Allow Scrollback is on (the default), TouchTerm displays all output that has been viewed. So, for example, if you execute a long "ls -lR" command, TouchTerm will allow you to scroll back through all of the results.

When Allow Scrollback is turned off, then only the 80x24 screen size is displayed. This is most useful when using screen-based programs like emacs and vi; in this case, scrollback is limited so that only the usable screen area is displayed.