Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 08:26:32 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: variable line-display pager? Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102200825370.56477@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20110220085158.GB30569@thought.org> References: <20110219233736.GA20393@thought.org> <20110219235240.GA2495@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20110220002300.GA21231@thought.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1102191822150.53793@wonkity.com> <20110220085158.GB30569@thought.org>
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2011, Gary Kline wrote: > 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. You didn't, I did. An 80x18 geometry xterm provides 16 lines of text, one for the less prompt.
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