Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-16 Thread Thomas Dickey
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-15 Thread Bob Proulx
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-15 Thread Thomas Dickey
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:

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-15 Thread Ralph Katz
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-14 Thread Thomas Dickey
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-14 Thread Ralph Katz
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-14 Thread Mike Applebaum
> > 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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-13 Thread pedxing
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-13 Thread David Brodbeck
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-12 Thread Thomas Dickey
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-11 Thread Bob Proulx
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-07 Thread michael
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

Re: Bug#436057: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Miles Bader
Tong Sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > So having a keyboard command 'x' or something can allows me, ... > I don't know if this is possible. Less normally allows you to change command-line options from within a less session (just type "-" followed by the option...). However, they seem to have int

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Andrei Popescu
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Tong Sun
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

RE: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Tong Sun
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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Mumia W..
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

less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Tong Sun
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 'less'. But I found there is no such capability i

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-05 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-04 Thread Mark Nudelman
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

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-04 Thread John Hasler
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. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-04 Thread Andy Smith
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

less, exit but left content on screen

2007-08-04 Thread Tong Sun
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 'less'. But I found there is no such capability i