Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:40:02 -0800 (PST) From: Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: gnu/24530: [PATCH] use "less -is" for man(1) instead of "more -s" Message-ID: <200101230640.f0N6e2h70964@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR gnu/24530; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Alex Kapranoff <alex@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su> To: roman@xpert.com Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gnu/24530: [PATCH] use "less -is" for man(1) instead of "more -s" Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 09:15:39 +0300 On Mon, Jan 22, 2001 at 05:48:49PM +0200, roman@xpert.com wrote: > > The recent FreeBSD releases have less(1) in the base system, it's possible > to use it as a pager for man(1) since it has some benefits. But our more(1) is actually a less(1): -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 87180 21 ÑÎ× 13:25 /usr/bin/less -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 87180 21 ÑÎ× 13:25 /usr/bin/more > For example - pressing "G" won't exit the pager at the text end. > "less -is" is used on most Linux distros as a man pager. > > However, something has to be done with /usr/share/skel/* files as well, since > they define PAGER .. -- Alex Kapranoff, Voice: +7(0832)791845 We've lived 3 weeks in the brand new millenium... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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