> > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:29:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > If you set PAGER=3D'less -q' that will work.
I only use PAGER=less and control less through LESS variable
> Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> > Why is it that the alias won't be picked up by man? It seems that man
> >
On 5/20/07, Deboo ^ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BTW, I found tried to use woman in emacs and found that emacs does tab
completion for man pages too and also shows possible list of
completions. Not just that but all in pretty color.!
Regards,
Deboo
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On 5/19/07, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I create the file: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-host
In that files I place a line: blacklist pcspkr
You can reboot knowing that this module won't be loaded next reboot.
This method was far easier to use than manning for the lesskey and
typing
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 10:36:55PM -0400, Felipe Sateler wrote:
> Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>
> > Why is it that the alias won't be picked up by man?
>
> Because man seems to be calling pager directly, which is a link to less.
> There is no shell in between to do alias expansion, and if there we
Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> Why is it that the alias won't be picked up by man?
Because man seems to be calling pager directly, which is a link to less.
There is no shell in between to do alias expansion, and if there were one,
it would not match the alias to expand.
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On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 12:40:41AM +, s. keeling wrote:
> >
> > What I don't understand is how if /usr/bin/pager is a symlink to
> > /usr/bin/less, then how will the alias not be used?
>
> The way to control less is with the LESS env. variable. I set it to
> "-ceigqj5MX".
>
That's awesome
Roberto C Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:29:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> > Deboo ^ wrote:
> > > I already made an alias to less to use less -q. That works if I use
> > > less manually but just not in man.
> > >
> > > I'll try what Greg said above.
> >
> > If you se
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 02:29:48PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Deboo ^ wrote:
> > I already made an alias to less to use less -q. That works if I use
> > less manually but just not in man.
> >
> > I'll try what Greg said above.
>
> If you set PAGER='less -q' that will work.
>
Why is it that the a
On 05/19/2007 12:43 PM, Deboo ^ wrote:
On 5/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 05/19/2007 07:40 AM, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
>
> Regards,
> Deboo
>
Tell the less(1) pager to be quiet:
export L
Deboo ^ wrote:
> I already made an alias to less to use less -q. That works if I use
> less manually but just not in man.
>
> I'll try what Greg said above.
If you set PAGER='less -q' that will work.
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On 5/19/07, Mumia W.. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 05/19/2007 07:40 AM, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
>
> Regards,
> Deboo
>
Tell the less(1) pager to be quiet:
export LESS="-q"
man 1 less
I already made an
On 05/19/2007 07:40 AM, Deboo ^ wrote:
How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
other times when it beeps?
Regards,
Deboo
Tell the less(1) pager to be quiet:
export LESS="-q"
man 1 less
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* Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-05-19 08:59:41 -0400]:
> Once that is done, it is gone forever... well just not loadable.
I should add here that this will not affect ALSA for the desktop
applications. ALSA uses other module paths to get it's sound applications
going.
The terminal be
On Sat, 2007-05-19 at 18:10 +0530, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
blacklist pcspkr
In /etc/modprobe.d/
To make sure things don't get over written during an update/upgrade, I
create a file called blacklist-hostna
On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 06:10:36PM +0530, Deboo ^ wrote:
> How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
> other times when it beeps?
You don't, but you can stop the bell for your xterm or for the entire
system.
Regards,
Andrei
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How do you stop man from beeping when going below or above EOF or at
other times when it beeps?
Regards,
Deboo
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