Re: Less on 6.2

[Gordon Messmer <yinyang eburg com>]

On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Bob Taylor wrote:
> Sorry this is not what I want. I'm not sure how to explain it better. 
> I type less <somefile> in an xterm OR console and less does not 
> actually write on the xterm/console. In other words when I exit less 
> what it has printed disappears leaving my screen the same way it was 
> before I typed less.

Less should work that way in an xterm or some other X based terminals, but
does _not_ work that way on the Linux console.  xterm has a special
feature, where it actually has two buffers for output.  The Linux console
does not.

If your xterm is not functioning properly, check the $TERM variable, and
look for a .termcap (or was that .terminfo??) file in your home dir.

MSG