Change the scroll setting when switching to Vim screen with iTerm 2 popular as a MacBook terminal.
I often see an article saying .vimrc the following setting, but it did not work well in my environment.
vi ~/.vimrc
set mouse=a
This time, not the .vimrc, but how to switch the operation from iTerm's setting (Preferences) is described.
- Environment information
- Turn scrolling on/off from Setting (Preferences)
- Conclusion - Turn on/off iTerm's Vim scroll setting (not use .vimrc)
Environment information
Turn scrolling on/off from Setting (Preferences)
iTerm2 > Preferences > Advanced
Mouse > Scroll wheel sends arrow keys in alternate screen mode.
Easy access from the search window with scroll .
Scroll wheel sends arrow keys in alternate screen mode. setting changes the scrolling behavior as follows.
Yes : Scroll in the Vim window
No : iTerm window scrolls regardless of Vim
In my case, since there are many cases I want to paste from Vim in past console logs, I set the setting to No so that the iTerm window scrolls.
Conclusion - Turn on/off iTerm's Vim scroll setting (not use .vimrc)
While using iTerm 2 with MacBook, you can change the scroll setting in Vim window from Scroll wheel sends arrow keys in alternate screen mode. in Preferences.
