Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Proulx
James Haskell wrote: > my /etc/inputrc (without comments) is: > set input-meta on > set output-meta on > so, i don't think my readline configuration is the > cause. That looks normal. The problem now is that what you describe sounds really normal to me. And apparently to the other responders.

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread James Haskell
elimar, i tried: echo "export PAGER=less" >> ~/.bashrc echo "export aCeiMs=LESS" >> ~/.bashrc not sure about the second line; shouldn't it be echo "export LESS=aCeiMs" >> ~/.bashrc anyway i tried both ways -- unfortunately, neither of these work. if you follow this thread, it seems that less is

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread James Haskell
Bob, in my previous post, i forgot to mention that i have no ~/.inputrc file. --- Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > James Haskell wrote: > > i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it > *seems* > > that in the process, my pager has changed from > > /usr/bin/less to /bin/more. > > e.g. if

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread James Haskell
Bob, you're right. after trying the 'ps -efH', i can verify that bash is using the built-in pager and not /bin/more. > If you are seeing differences I am guessing it has to > do with bash and libreadline upgrades combined with > your own personal readline configuration. my /etc/inputrc (without

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread James Haskell
Peter, the result of running: ls /usr/include/ | pager is that the output of ls is piped to less. i think your're right in that less is already my default pager. --- Peter J Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:55:09AM -0700, James > Haskell wrote: > > > hello all,

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread James Haskell
Thomas, as root, i ran: update-alternatives --config pager here is the output: There are 4 alternatives which provide `pager'. SelectionAlternative --- 1/bin/more *+2/usr/bin/less 3/usr/bin/most 4

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread Peter J Ross
On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 06:55:09AM -0700, James Haskell wrote: > hello all, > > i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it *seems* > that in the process, my pager has changed from > /usr/bin/less to /bin/more. > e.g. if i type: > cd /usr/include/ > bash displays: > Display all 370 possibilitie

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Proulx
James Vahn wrote: > Edit or create ~/.inputrc to contain the line: > > set page-completions off > > and new instances of bash will no longer use the internal pager. I think you knew this but just did not say it explicitly. But for the original poster... But then no pager will be used a

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread James Vahn
James Haskell wrote: > i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it *seems* > that in the process, my pager has changed from > /usr/bin/less to /bin/more. > e.g. if i type: > cd /usr/include/ > bash displays: > Display all 370 possibilities? (y or n) > when i type y, bash lists the files using /bi

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread Bob Proulx
James Haskell wrote: > i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it *seems* > that in the process, my pager has changed from > /usr/bin/less to /bin/more. > e.g. if i type: > cd /usr/include/ > bash displays: > Display all 370 possibilities? (y or n) > when i type y, bash lists the files using /bi

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 the mental interface of James Haskell told: > hello all, > > i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it *seems* > that in the process, my pager has changed from > /usr/bin/less to /bin/more. > e.g. if i type: > cd /usr/include/ > bash displays: > Display all 370 possibiliti

Re: pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread Thomas Adam
--- James Haskell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello all, > > i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it *seems* > that in the process, my pager has changed from > /usr/bin/less to /bin/more. > e.g. if i type: > cd /usr/include/ > bash displays: > Display all 370 possibilities? (y or n) > whe

pager changed after upgrade from woody to sarge:

2005-09-05 Thread James Haskell
hello all, i just upgraded from woody to sarge, and it *seems* that in the process, my pager has changed from /usr/bin/less to /bin/more. e.g. if i type: cd /usr/include/ bash displays: Display all 370 possibilities? (y or n) when i type y, bash lists the files using /bin/more. chase `which pag