* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Mar 09. 2003 15:40]:

> On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 08:43:24PM +0100, Inge Thorin Eidsaether wrote:

> > 3 - How do I go backwards in a man page reading? Looks like 'more'
> > is used to page the ouput to screen, but 'b' or ^B does not work
> > here. Silly question, maybe...

> 'more' can't go back when reading from standard input. Try installing
> 'less' instead; it's a better pager in other ways anyway.

Now would be a great to mention update-alternatives too. :-)

update-alternatives(8) (when you get man working)

(~)% update-alternatives --config pager

There are 3 programs which provide `pager'.

  Selection    Command
-----------------------------------------------
      1        /bin/more
*+    2        /usr/bin/less
      3        /usr/bin/w3m

Enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 

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