thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >i have switched to debian a week ago and was using SuSE for over a >year now. debian is clearly superior (if you know what you're doing). >and i already love apt-get. > >but i have a small problem: man doesnt let me use PageUp and PageDown to >scroll the man-page. i can use space to scroll one page down, but i cant >scroll up. is there a way to teach man PageUp and PageDown? it's not a >big problem but i was already used to that and i catched myself like 5 >times pressinf PageDown out of frustration although i knew it doesnt >work.
Hi, man just fires off a pager, so you'll need to check that. If you have $PAGER set, it will use that, otherwise it'll use /usr/bin/pager (try 'readlink -f /usr/bin/pager' to see what that is). My guess is that you don't have $PAGER set and haven't installed 'less', so you're getting the basic pager 'more'. 'more' can't scroll backwards in pipes, hence the problem. 'apt-get install less' to get a better pager, and your problems should go away. If that doesn't work, 'update-alternatives --config pager' to change what /usr/bin/pager points to. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
