On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 09:51:03AM +0800, Eric Boo wrote:
> How do I at least get page up to work when I'm viewing man pages? Right now
> all
> I get are beeps when I try the page-up and page-down keys.
I have:
$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/pager
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Jun 27 21:45 /etc/alternatives/pager
-> /usr/bin/less
My guess is that you only have "more" installed
Less is like more, but more.
DESCRIPTION
Less is a program similar to more (1), but which allows
backward movement in the file as well as forward movement.
Also, less does not have to read the entire input file
before starting, so with large input files it starts up
faster than text editors like vi (1). Less uses termcap
(or terminfo on some systems), so it can run on a variety
of terminals. There is even limited support for hardcopy
terminals. (On a hardcopy terminal, lines which should be
printed at the top of the screen are prefixed with a
caret.)
Commands are based on both more and vi. Commands may be
preceded by a decimal number, called N in the descriptions
below. The number is used by some commands, as indicated.
Cheers,
Joost
