YESSS

ok so now you can minimize an ssh session
 - it will remember the scrollback,
- if u uminimixe it and then reconnect, it works
it uses a shared static var in TerminalViewContainer to keep SSHTerminal instances
scrollback restoration works and everything

ShhShell/Views/Hosts/ConnectionView.swift

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ struct ConnectionView: View {
 	@ObservedObject var hostsManager: HostsManager
 	@ObservedObject var keyManager: KeyManager
 	
+	@State private var shellView: ShellView? = nil
+	
 	@State var passphrase: String = ""
 	
 	@State var pubkeyStr: String = ""
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ struct ConnectionView: View {
 					Button() {
 						handler.go()
 						showTerminal = checkShell(handler.state)
+						TerminalController.TerminalViewContainer.shared = nil
 					} label: {
 						Label(
 							handler.connected ? "Disconnect" : "Connect",
@@ -156,7 +159,11 @@ struct ConnectionView: View {
 			}
 		}
 		.fullScreenCover(isPresented: $showTerminal) {
-			ShellView(handler: handler)
+			if let shellView {
+				shellView
+			} else {
+				Text("no shellview")
+			}
 		}
 		.onChange(of: handler.host.key) { _ in
 			guard let previousKnownHost = hostsManager.getHostMatching(handler.host) else { return }
@@ -176,6 +183,11 @@ struct ConnectionView: View {
 				privkeyStr = String(data: privateKeyData, encoding: .utf8) ?? ""
 			}
 		}
+		.onAppear {
+			if shellView == nil {
+				shellView = ShellView(handler: handler)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 

ShhShell/Views/Terminal/SSHTerminalView.swift

@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ final class SSHTerminalView: TerminalView, Sendable, @preconcurrency TerminalVie
 		self.init(frame: frame)
 		self.handler = handler
 		
-		restoreScrollback()
-		
 		DispatchQueue.main.async {
 			Task {
 				guard let handler = self.handler else { return }
@@ -88,8 +86,10 @@ final class SSHTerminalView: TerminalView, Sendable, @preconcurrency TerminalVie
 	
 	func restoreScrollback() {
 		guard let scrollback = handler?.scrollback else { return }
+		guard !scrollback.isEmpty else { return }
 		
-		DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.05) {
+		DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.01) {
+			self.getTerminal().resetToInitialState()
 			for line in scrollback {
 				self.feed(text: line)
 			}

ShhShell/Views/Terminal/ShellView.swift

@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ struct ShellView: View {
 	
 	@Environment(\.dismiss) var dismiss
 	
-	@State private var terminalControllerRef: TerminalController?
-	
     var body: some View {
 		NavigationStack {
 			ZStack {
-				terminalControllerRef
+				TerminalController(handler: handler)
+					.onAppear {
+						print("asd\(handler.scrollback.count)")
+						TerminalController.TerminalViewContainer.shared?.restoreScrollback()
+					}
 				
 				Group {
 					Color.gray.opacity(0.2)
@@ -31,9 +33,6 @@ struct ShellView: View {
 					DialogView(handler: handler, showDialog: !handler.connected)
 				}
 			}
-			.task {
-				terminalControllerRef = TerminalController(handler: handler)
-			}
 			.toolbar {
 				ToolbarItem {
 					Button() {

ShhShell/Views/Terminal/TerminalController.swift

@@ -13,18 +13,21 @@ import SwiftTerm
 struct TerminalController: UIViewRepresentable {
 	@ObservedObject var handler: SSHHandler
 	
+	final class TerminalViewContainer {
+		@MainActor static var shared: SSHTerminalView?
+	}
+	
 	func makeUIView(context: Context) -> TerminalView {
-		let tv = SSHTerminalView(
-			frame: CGRect(
-				origin: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0),
-				size: .zero
-			),
-			handler: handler
-		)
+		if let existing = TerminalViewContainer.shared {
+			return existing
+		}
 		
+		let tv = SSHTerminalView(frame: CGRect(origin: CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0), size: .zero), handler: handler)
 		tv.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
 		tv.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
 		
+		TerminalViewContainer.shared = tv
+		
 		return tv
 	}
 	
@@ -32,8 +35,4 @@ struct TerminalController: UIViewRepresentable {
 		tv.setNeedsLayout()
 		tv.layoutIfNeeded()
 	}
-	
-	static func dismantleUIView(_ uiView: SSHTerminalView, coordinator: ()) {
-		uiView.handler?.disconnect()
-	}
 }