From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 13 23:39:57 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E48B1065679 for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:39:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chrisstankevitz@yahoo.com) Received: from web52902.mail.re2.yahoo.com (web52902.mail.re2.yahoo.com [206.190.49.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 20BD08FC1D for ; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:39:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 70755 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Oct 2009 23:39:56 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s1024; t=1255477196; bh=qH+blfMbeuWx96l+A8fwl4D2uyWB5Y4ELESZ3oGGXnA=; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=HZqA3r4ghZl9VMD4qh+IqTFNDNZGsIk5G+X1hjLdi2xYTfS0Bv8D7DkhW/07V1W3Vso7NL6k/Fd4Hf0nXY4P5hHOZINvoKsV9CIDskmPnelAOn/NAmWmea2ecvtrvRANPf4EKQUgjKudQHNUDr7/m484GnXkD2v2/NgMxxVfyn4= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=ZsSqp5FcQPQuQetduzDANHpgbtgb6pPuvRowrKaPLmaEinc2rHxB2dG9U6aE9gKhkK9uJ+GyEQm/f8zWCcEINbgKapoyplS4Stay60V/R0shOvKh8w7g6bolPZrTqF8j7niaW0kOFaDXmsF9so7up+uOYACyQ7ee2jPJ5gd0PSM=; Message-ID: <521176.60565.qm@web52902.mail.re2.yahoo.com> X-YMail-OSG: hW4W7cUVM1l.vvJ7caImraGF9uJbS9oBZ_4Rk2w1mQtEcVreAV6LZ8D9IshEF3of92RwI9h2QDMkfvq6O8J6AxGoaq4JmjW7ETMv3gHsOeenw7TrTvj0k05yKZO3HIzqMXxLIdiAbUl_HvaSvHHAmnGxeE445Q0e4OoxBGT0vXpPG_Tuk0cC6MdTvyVraPU_2Kv6WArHJ7T7L3pMaUJEh4bP5AT_OQWVAlBaFbTKt9b2oEJpDEtSJQtZTiFdL1rN9sGeMHTDtZn5nD.zZmPtoI_9GtzPOTv_Inz89fCL5_p.7JLPSrJThLVka2IwkMsx9MrmY4MjAesgcwBwTh65K7LaeZ1hEWUW2kk4Rye05qT6GjB5B_Q7ta34kFxyt7BjAIau5EWHIew_uMGrSJ1SFuU- Received: from [206.190.77.154] by web52902.mail.re2.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:39:56 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/7.0.14 YahooMailWebService/0.7.347.3 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:39:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Chris Stankevitz To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:31:42 +0000 Subject: man quits back to the prompt after CTRL-G X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:39:57 -0000 Please try this: 1. at the prompt type "man man" to get the man manual page. 2. press CTRL-G to to to the bottom of the document 3. press k to scroll up one line You'll notice you cannot perform step 3 because man "quits back to the prompt after CTRL-G". Question: How can I make man not "quit back to the prompt after CTRL-G"? Thank you, Chris