Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 22:38:05 -0800 From: "Chris H" <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: default pager (csh) Message-ID: <d6490bcfc91adbae7f9bc6139dba67f3@ultimatedns.net> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502191806400.40355@wonkity.com> References: <CACYV=-GBD5FmnsQr=KC6Wc9qZ9UAFPQgPmNyS5Jr6Vs2G7dGjA@mail.gmail.com> <54E5232F.3060409@delphij.net> <54E59BF7.40207@freebsd.org>, <alpine.BSF.2.11.1502191806400.40355@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:10:36 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote > On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote: > >> > >> The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear > >> screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences), > >> while less(1) when running as less does. > >> > >> The less(1) behavior can be annoying to some people (sometimes even > >> myself when using less to show contents of a file and ^Z to paste > >> them), and unfortunately quite a few of them also happen to be the > >> more vocal ones when it comes to a change. > > > > I find that behaviour infuriating > > > > I page down to a place to get some text on the screen to use as a > > reference, then exit to run a command with that information, and *bam* the > > info I wanted to use has gone away. > > It doesn't do that on csh. Or maybe I figured out how to prevent it > long ago and forgot, but all I use is this: > > setenv PAGER "less -RS" Ugh. It would kill me to *re*read the man pages, once and awhile. Thanks, Warren! --Chris > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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