Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 01:12:15 +0000 () From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: scott@statsci.com Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to "fix" more(1) vs termcap/terminfo? Message-ID: <199511280112.BAA06455@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199511272325.PAA11307@block.statsci.com> from "Scott Blachowicz" at Nov 27, 95 03:25:58 pm
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Scott Blachowicz stands accused of saying: >>> This has been annoying me for a while, so...if I page something with >>> 'more' (as found in my 2.1.0-950928-SNAP system and 2.0.5-RELEASE >>> too, I think) with my $TERM set to "xterm", it just runs past the >>> end of the file without waiting for a prompt or anything. Is there >>> any way to get it to ALWAYS prompt at EOF (even for files smaller >>> than one screen in length)? >> Your screen size is set incorrectly. Run the 'resize' command to fix it, >> and use less if you want to pause at EOF. > > I already do all that. Let's try doing it "manually" to make sure it is > getting done... > > scott@block:~> eval `/usr/X11R6/bin/resize` > scott@block:~> wc -l foo.c > 3 foo.c > scott@block:~> more foo.c > [NOTE: I see the screen flash with no pausing and without being able to > see the contents of foo.c] I can't reproduce that behaviour here. > scott@block:~> echo $MORE > MORE: Undefined variable. alias more ? >>> Or, if that's not possible, how do I tweak my termcap/terminfo entries >>> to disable the screen contents save/restore?> >> Remove the ti/te entries from the xterm termcap. > > Seems to me that it's a bug in 'more' for it to continue past EOF without > a pause in the presence of ti/te entries that cause the screen to be > cleared. I don't know how it would be able to tell that the ti/te entries > clear the screen. Maybe 'more' should just have an option that causes it > to always pause at EOF (like 'less'). This is cute...I'd gotten into the > habit [on other platforms] of using 'more' when I DIDN'T want the ti/te > stuff and 'less' when I DID want the ti/te - on FreeBSD they both use > ti/te. More, under 2.0.5-RELEASE, 2.1-STABLE or 2.2-CURRENT does not appear to use the ti/te capability in an xterm. I have no idea what your problem is, but it's not more, xterm or FreeBSD. Sorry I can't be more (sic) help... > Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 StatSci, a div of MathSoft, Inc. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 041-122-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199511280112.BAA06455>