From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 20 08:51:59 2011 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 05C5B106564A for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:51:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFA3A8FC0A for ; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:51:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by thought.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4136DE80458; Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:51:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:51:58 -0800 From: Gary Kline To: Warren Block Message-ID: <20110220085158.GB30569@thought.org> References: <20110219233736.GA20393@thought.org> <20110219235240.GA2495@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110220002300.GA21231@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: variable line-display pager? 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: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:51:59 -0000 On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 06:28:07PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 19 Feb 2011, Gary Kline wrote: > > >Zank you, Sir Chip.. Anybody else? I'm loathe to use anything gui, > >but here's where I'll be happy w ith something GUI THat i can > >squeeze my "15" or small-n lines' worth into. > > xterm -geometry 80x18 -e 'less -N /var/log/Xorg.0.log' > > Why 18 to get 15 lines? One line for the less prompt, maybe two for > the title bar on my system. EGAD! Did I _really_ type 80x18? I *,EANT* 80x48 which is the size of my Konsoles. Some reason, do not know, my mind gets Way ahead of my fingers. -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org The 7.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org