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Vim can't scroll in iTerm2

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Clipped on: 2016-03-02

My vim can't scroll in iTerm2 even set mouse=a has added in .vimrc file.

Within tmux, however, vim's scroll function works correctly.

What's wrong with my vim?

asked Aug 19 '15 at 19:01
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Douglas Su
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how do you scroll? mouse? arrow keys? or hjkl? or ctrl+?? – HuStmpHrrr Aug 19 '15 at 19:04
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Please run vim --version from the command-line, or in Vim, enter :version and provide output. – Valery Viktorovsky Aug 19 '15 at 19:21
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On a side note, using the mouse to scroll is an antipattern in both Vim and tmux, and nullifies the advantages of using such tools. – zool Aug 22 '15 at 9:28
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Recent versions of vim support the "SGR" protocol, you can add code bellow to your .vimrc:

set mouse=a
if has("mouse_sgr")
    set ttymouse=sgr
else
    set ttymouse=xterm2
end
answered Aug 19 '15 at 19:22
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Valery Viktorovsky
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Woo, really cool, it works, thx! – Douglas Su Aug 20 '15 at 2:30

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