Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When I view a man page or run vi or nano from xterm or Konsole and then > exit, the screen is restored to the way it was before I started the > program. > > This doesn't happen when not running X. How do I disable this? I like > to be able to scroll down in a man page, exit, and leave that text > viewable.
I like that too. This is more of a less issue and less of a man issue. When man fetches a man page to display, it pumps the data to the default pager - generally 'less'. One method to fix this is to change your default pager, example: export PAGER=cat Another option is to tell less to disable sending the termcap initialization and deinitializtion strings to the terminal. (see less(1)). export LESS="-X" As for vi or nano, perhaps there is something similar described in their man pages. Elizabeth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
