Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wanted to describe the control-mouse alternate screen switching
> capability because it is useful to know about and can help people
> understand what is happening at a better level of detail. People who
> have never heard of the alternate screen buffer of
Hi Thomas!
Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Using the standard xterm the control-middle mouse button will display
> > many options of which one is "Show Alternate Screen". It is possible
> > to flip back and forth (inconveniently) to see this manually switch to
> > the alternate scree
Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Curious! I haven't had xterm installed now for some time, so I'm going
> from memory. Main reason I chose aterm was for the smaller footprint.
> At the moment I have 2 aterms running that would suggest more than
> scrollback buffer size are factors in RSS:
On 08/14/2007 06:08 PM, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> aterm is also a very nice replacement to xterm because it uses so little
>> memory. (The 3 aterm windows I have up right now show RSS of 2404,
>> 2448, and 2464 in output from ps aux.)
>
> There are several
Ralph Katz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> aterm is also a very nice replacement to xterm because it uses so little
> memory. (The 3 aterm windows I have up right now show RSS of 2404,
> 2448, and 2464 in output from ps aux.)
There are several variables. For instance, the scrollback size affects
t
On 08/14/2007 02:37 AM, pedxing wrote:
> I can sympathize with the OP, it's nice to get to the part of the man
> page you want, then just dump out of less and have the relevant bit
> still on the screen.
On my etch box, that is the default behavior for aterm; exiting less
just returns the bash pr
>
> I can sympathize with the OP, it's nice to get to the part of the man
> page you want, then just dump out of less and have the relevant bit
> still on the screen.
>
> A way to do this without opening a second xterm is to run screen in
> your terminal session. Then it is even easier to flip
On Aug 13, 6:30 pm, David Brodbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Aug 12, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 10:40:11PM +0200, Bob Proulx wrote:
> >> Using the standard xterm the control-middle mouse button will display
> >> many options of which one is "Show Alt
On Aug 12, 2007, at 10:20 AM, Thomas Dickey wrote:
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 10:40:11PM +0200, Bob Proulx wrote:
Using the standard xterm the control-middle mouse button will display
many options of which one is "Show Alternate Screen". It is possible
to flip back and forth (inconveniently) to
On Sat, Aug 11, 2007 at 10:40:11PM +0200, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Using the standard xterm the control-middle mouse button will display
> many options of which one is "Show Alternate Screen". It is possible
> to flip back and forth (inconveniently) to see this manually switch to
> the alternate screen
Tong Sun wrote:
> I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or
> something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of
> being cleared and restored to the screen before invoking 'less'. But I
> found there is no such capability in current less (version 39
On Sun, 2007-08-05 at 11:53 -0400, Tong Sun wrote:
> Package: less
> Version: 394-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or
> something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of
> being cleared and restored to the screen b
On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:56:55PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote:
> n Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:53:35 -0400, Tong Sun wrote:
>
> > Package: less
> > Version: 394-4
> > Severity: wishlist
>
> Sorry, this is a dup of Bug#436057, wrongly sent twice.
> I don't know how to close it.
You can close a bug by sending
On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:55:13 +, Andy Smith wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 09:06:19PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote:
>> I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or
>> something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of
>> being cleared and restored to th
n Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:53:35 -0400, Tong Sun wrote:
> Package: less
> Version: 394-4
> Severity: wishlist
Sorry, this is a dup of Bug#436057, wrongly sent twice.
I don't know how to close it.
thanks
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On 08/05/2007 10:00 AM, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 08:54:52AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
[...]
In any event, less(1) doesn't show a command key 'x' that I can see.
I just tried man in xfce-terminal and find that q does clear the screen.
How unhelpful; another goo
On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 08:54:52AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On 8/4/2007 6:06 PM, Tong Sun wrote:
> > Package: less
> > Version: 394-4
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or
> > something so that the content just viewed is le
On 8/4/2007 6:06 PM, Tong Sun wrote:
> Package: less
> Version: 394-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or
> something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of
> being cleared and restored to the screen before invoking
Hi Tong,
You probably want the -X flag.
See http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/faq.html#tite for more details.
--Mark
On 8/4/2007 6:06 PM, Tong Sun wrote:
> Package: less
> Version: 394-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or
> someth
Tong Sun writes:
> I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x'...
Try 'less -X'. Note that this disables termcap initialization and
deinitialization.
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On Sat, Aug 04, 2007 at 09:06:19PM -0400, Tong Sun wrote:
> I remember that I used to be able to exit 'less' by command key 'x' or
> something so that the content just viewed is left on screen, instead of
> being cleared and restored to the screen before invoking 'less'. But I
> found there is no s
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