Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:29:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Deboo ^ wrote: > > > I already made an alias to less to use less -q. That works if I use > > > less manually but just not in man. > > > > > > I'll try what Greg said above. > > > > If you set PAGER=3D'less -q' that will work. > > Why is it that the alias won't be picked up by man? It seems that man > spawns a pager process in order to allow viewing of the formatted man > page: > > 5904 pts/1 S+ 0:00 man man > 5914 pts/1 S+ 0:00 pager -s > > What I don't understand is how if /usr/bin/pager is a symlink to > /usr/bin/less, then how will the alias not be used?
The way to control less is with the LESS env. variable. I set it to "-ceigqj5MX". -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
