Re: how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'

2014-04-04 Thread berenger . morel
Le 02.04.2014 23:15, Clive Standbridge a écrit : 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. You may be out of luck. bash(1) in the "Readline Variables" section states p

Re: how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'

2014-04-03 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
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 > > will get: > > Display all 150

Re: how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Furie
On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 10:40:13PM +0100, Tom Furie wrote: > There are a few ways to achieve your goal, depending on exactly what > your goal is. As far as I'm aware 'less' has a higher priority than > 'more' in the alternatives system, so... Oops. No there aren't. That should teach me to read mo

Re: how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'

2014-04-02 Thread Tom Furie
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. There are a few ways to achieve your goal, depending on exactly what

Re: how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'

2014-04-02 Thread Clive Standbridge
> 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. You may be out of luck. bash(1) in the "Readline Variables" section states page-completions (On) If set to On, readl

Re: how to change default pager for tab completions from 'more' to 'less'

2014-04-02 Thread Don Armstrong
On Wed, 02 Apr 2014, 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. It's actually readline which has its own internal more-like pager. See this thread: http: