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>
> >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jun 17 15:29:45 2001
>
> >> Yes, $PAGER sounds better yet than less. Personally I use less as $PAGER
> >> but I know people that uses emacs, mc, joe...
>
> >But PAGER isn't always set. If PAGER isn't set (as it's probably most often
> >the case on Linux systems), I'd use less since this is the standard in
> >Linux. Now, if even less isn't available, I'd fall back to the least common
> >demoniator being "more". This is the way it seems to work on linux at what
> >users expect.
>
> Of course you need some basic knowledge on shell programming:
>
> Use:
>
> pager=${PAGER-more}
The editor command is also an alternative on Linux systems, but I'm not
sure
about it compatibility with other operating systems.
if $(which editor)
editor someargs
else
exec ${PAGER:-more} someargs
fi
This checking looks reasonable?
>
> eval $pager someargs
>
> J�rg
>
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