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Fix common "wall of text" issue when commands generate lots of output #12983

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A common issue of many terminal is 'wall of text'. For example, the user runs a command, the command generates 4000 lines of text, and it's difficult to scroll, say, exactly to the beginning of the previous command to begin reading the output.

Warp is a new terminal that purports to solve this issue image. Windows Terminal should solve it too.

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I can't use Warp (it doesn't have a Windows version yet) but I propose a simple implementation would be to allow the user to specify their prompt, so pressing (some shortcut key) will return to the previous instance of that prompt.

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$: ls /dir

(5000 lines of text)
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$: (pressing somekeyboard combo goes to last instance of `$:`

There may be a better way though. Shell prompt could signal the terminal somehow (like the shell beep does).

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    Issue-FeatureComplex enough to require an in depth planning process and actual budgeted, scheduled work.Resolution-DuplicateThere's another issue on the tracker that's pretty much the same thing.

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