01.08.2020 3:24, @lbutlr wrote:
> When postmaster displays the package messages after installing, it calls
> less, which forces you to hit 'q' to exit, and when you quit less, it clear
> the buffer on the screen and returns you to the display of the compile
> process.
>
> Is there anyway to ch
Additional.
PAGER=cat
Even more compact than more. But the options are different.
PAGER=true
It doesn't show anything completely.
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I do this with mergemaster. Somehow someone decided that the behavior of less
is the best and made it the default a while ago.
Probably this https://reviews.freebsd.org/D13465
Something about "the nineties", but no further rationale.
Regards,
Ronald.
Van: "@lbutlr"
On 31 Jul 2020, at 14:24, @lbutlr wrote:
> Is there anyway to change this behavior so that less is called with -E /
> --QUIT-AT_EOF?
Never mind, I dididn’t think of it as a user-level issue.
export MANPAGER='less -s -X -F'
export PAGER='less -s -X -F'
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