Re: Less on 6.2

[Gregory Hosler <gregory hosler eno ericsson se>]

On 31-Jul-00 Bob Taylor wrote:
> In message <Pine LNX 4 21 0007302319010 910-100000 master Infinity-ltd
> .com>, "M
> ikkel L. Ellertson" writes:
> cc:  redhat-list redhat com
>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Bob Taylor wrote:
>> 
>> > Anyone know the secret to get less to display in its own "window" (it 
>> > doesn't write on the xterm). As far as I can see it's not in the man 
>> > page. This is one of the "little" things that bugs me.
>> > 
>> > TIA
>> > 
>> > Bob
>> > 
>> > 
>> If I understand you correctly, you would like less to open a new window,
>> instead of its output showing up in the xterm you typed the command on, or
>> you have it as a menu command in X, and it doesn't work.
> 
> 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 worked this way in 5.2. What I want to know is how can I get 
> this behavior back?


hmm... I'm using RH6.2, and less is working exactly as you're describing.
My TERM is set as "xterm".

-Greg


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E-Mail: Gregory Hosler <gregory hosler eno ericsson se>
Date: 31-Jul-00
Time: 17:10:14

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