Version table: *** 481-2 500 500 http://free.nchc.org.tw/debian unstable/main i386 Packages # su - nobody No directory, logging in with HOME=/ $ env SHELL=/bin/sh TERM=xterm USER=nobody MAIL=/var/mail/nobody PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games PWD=/ SHLVL=1 HOME=/ LOGNAME=nobody DISPLAY=:0 _=/usr/bin/env $ stty size 39 149 MN> 4. Can you remove your $HOME/.less file and unset your LESS environment user nobody has none. MN> However I do notice some display problem if I use -N (the opposite of MN> what you report); if I run
MN> LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 less -N TaiwanAMFMSW.kml MN> the first line displayed is line 2 rather than line 1 and there is some MN> corruption in line 5, the first long line. I'll look into this. I see corruption, but line 1 is still there. Narrowing the window $ stty size 39 73 $ LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.UTF-8 less +/1413 TaiwanAMFMSW.kml now works But now I also see line 1 gone when doing as you do above. OK I am betting that with a $ stty size 39 149 you will see my initial problem too.