Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 15:48:50 -0800 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> Cc: Davide Italiano <davide@freebsd.org>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, Xin LI <d@delphij.net>, Chris H <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: default pager (csh) Message-ID: <CAN6yY1ssBgx5Hfo0wi228o0LBcG97cz-7DXQ-i_GVDwWoMxYAg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1502191821120.12921@sea.ntplx.net> References: <CACYV=-GBD5FmnsQr=KC6Wc9qZ9UAFPQgPmNyS5Jr6Vs2G7dGjA@mail.gmail.com> <54E5232F.3060409@delphij.net> <54E59BF7.40207@freebsd.org> <a6684dcbda73144b6a59204f37e94ba7@ultimatedns.net> <54E66C90.10902@mu.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.1502191821120.12921@sea.ntplx.net>
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >> >> Not as annoying as people who don't search the web for an answer for >> things. >> >> ~ % export PAGER="less -X" >> >> everyone please stop crying over small changes, it really sucks. >> >> > Not sure what you are saying, but the question posed is changing > the default pager. So that means: > > o all users who like the current more(1) behavior have to define > and override PAGER. > > o all users who like the less(1) behavior remove their override > of PAGER > > Or leave things alone, and users who want less(1) behavior > override PAGER, which they've probably already done if it's > that annoying to them. > > The answer seems pretty simple to me. > > -- > DE > > I still want my purple and yellow bikeshed and most(1). <sarcasm> No matter when happens, a lot of people will need to undertake the massive and painful effort of defining PAGER. I realize this is a terrible burden for may of them. </sarcasm> Let's call the whole thing off and maybe do something useful. -- Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer, Retired E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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