On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 01:34:54PM -0700, tom arnall wrote: > if i use tab completion, and there are a lot of possibilities, 'more' > is used as the default pager to show the list. I want to see the list > with the 'less' pager. > > example: > > ~/$ cd<tab> > > will get: > > Display all 150 possibilities? (y or n) > > if i enter 'y', the 'more' pager is used to display the list. ;o( > > i want 'less'. ;o) >
man update-alternatives /etc/alternatives provides a setting for pager update-alternatives --config pager should do it if you execute this command as root / root equivalent via sudo. Hope this helps, AndyC > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > https://lists.debian.org/cafkyrxrhl60ydvgfoh_e0lpzekdw7w2ntvzcfgrt4cwdel6...@mail.gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140403184909.ga4...@galactic.demon.co.uk
