On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 10:28 +0200, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Daniel Haude: > > > > when viewing man pages (or any kind of file, really) with "less", what > > bugs me is that less restores the screen content before its execution on > > exit. Which means that I always need to switch between two terminals (or > > use screen) when I need to keep an eye on the manpage while trying to > > compose a difficult command line. I'd prefer to be able to quit less > > (and man) at the point of interest and just get my propmt back, with the > > remains of the manpage still on screen. "more" does this, but I prefer less. > > Actually, this is a feature of your terminal that less is using (and > most people like it). But you should be able to turn it off completely > (independent of the program), see > <http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html>. > > J.
Doesn't -X do what you want, set LESS to -X and then man works okay too, doesn't it?! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
