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Helmut Januschka 7daaabc795
fix: add tui.alternate_screen config and --no-alt-screen CLI flag for Zellij scrollback (#8555)
Fixes #2558

Codex uses alternate screen mode (CSI 1049) which, per xterm spec,
doesn't support scrollback. Zellij follows this strictly, so users can't
scroll back through output.

**Changes:**
- Add `tui.alternate_screen` config: `auto` (default), `always`, `never`
- Add `--no-alt-screen` CLI flag
- Auto-detect Zellij and skip alt screen (uses existing `ZELLIJ` env var
detection)

**Usage:**
```bash
# CLI flag
codex --no-alt-screen

# Or in config.toml
[tui]
alternate_screen = "never"
```

With default `auto` mode, Zellij users get working scrollback without
any config changes.

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Co-authored-by: Josh McKinney <joshka@openai.com>
2026-01-09 18:38:26 +00:00
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tui2 perf(tui2): cache transcript view rendering (#8693) 2026-01-03 11:44:27 -08:00
agents_md.md Replaced user documentation with links to developers docs site (#8662) 2026-01-02 13:01:53 -07:00
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config.md chore: update outdated docs (#8701) 2026-01-03 02:19:52 -08:00
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tui-alternate-screen.md fix: add tui.alternate_screen config and --no-alt-screen CLI flag for Zellij scrollback (#8555) 2026-01-09 18:38:26 +00:00