Alan McKinnon writes:
> On Friday 16 October 2009 14:05:33 Xi Shen wrote:
> > when i use emerge, there are too many packaged that they cannot
> > displayed in one screen. but i cannot use less to separate it into
> > pages. why? please help ;)
Well, what happens if you try?
> it works here for me.
Same here.
> Perhaps the color codes upset your terminal. try:
>
> emerge --color n <atom> | less
>
> or use more
Or use most.
You could also use a terminal like konsole and increase the scrollback
buffer. Or use screen inside a terminal, and increase the defscrollback in
/etc/screenrc. Then Ctrl-A Esc, and PgUp to scroll back. Screen is a little
confusing at first, but one of the most important tools, at least for me.
Wonko
