On 2005-08-23 03:19:20 -0400, Kirk Hilliard wrote: > Let me verify that by this you mean a terminal such as an xterm where > less, without -X, pages the document on one screen, and after paging > restores the screen to how it was before paging (with no trace of the > paged document).
Yes. > > dict (client_read_status): Error reading from socket > > client_read_status: Success > > Does the pager successfully show the definition? It didn't, but it's now OK after rebooting the machine. > > unset LESS > > PAGER="less" dict test > > PAGER="less -c" dict test > > PAGER="less -X" dict test > > PAGER="less -cX" dict test > I don't see anything strange when I run these in an xterm on a stock > sarge box, but it is possible that the error message is being cleared > and replaced by the definition before I can see it. From the code, it > seems that the error message you quote is a a fatal error, so I don't > think I am reproducing the error here. I forgot that one normally doesn't get an error. Try with PAGER="less" dict -h zzz test and so on (assuming that you don't have a machine zzz). In this case, the error message will be: Cannot connect to any servers (use -v to see why) > What terminal are you using? What about your termcap? I'm using xterm with TERM=xterm-xfree86. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
