On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Mitchell Laks <ml...@post.harvard.edu> wrote: > On 19:01 Wed 29 Feb , Sven Joachim wrote:
>> This is because .inputrc is only honored by programs that use readline, >> and the standard pager does not use that. >> >> > how to get rid of this? >> >> Make sure that less (the standard pager) is invoked with the "-q" >> option. E.g. set PAGER="/usr/bin/less -q" in the environment. > > I see references on google to the fact that the pager is set via the PAGER > variable > but when I do echo $PAGER I get nothing. Because PAGER isn't set by default. You can set it in "/etc/environment" or "~/.bashrc" or "~/.profile". > 1) I see that there is a pager > and that > 2) man pager > gives me > man less > and that > 3) which pager > is > /usr/bin/pager > which is a symlink to > /etc/alternatives/pager > which is a link to > /bin/less Yes, this all the result of the alternatives "system". Is it "/usr/bin/pager" or "/usr/pager"? You could create a "/bin/lessq" wrapper (and incur an extra cost) and use "update-alternatives" to default to "/bin/lessq". > 3) > so my system does not seem to use the PAGER variable ?? > > so how to make > pager link to > /bin/less -q > instead of linking to > /bin/less. > > Do I use the alias abiltiy? > > I tried to edit the > .bash_aliases > file and created the entries > > pager='less -q' > less='less -q' > > within that file > > and that successfully shut up sound on less and pager > but it did not shut up sound for man. > > I still have a beepy noisy man. > I tried > export $PAGER="less -q" > and that seemed not work either. It's "export PAGER..." not "export $PAGER...". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SzbTetZ+N-qdphuTU9o=8+ckfekpdxg-ilsztzojqb...@mail.gmail.com
