Alexander Skwar wrote:
> 
> So sprach Gleydson Mazioli da Silva am Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:47:29AM -0400:
> > This is not the case of the Debian distribution, less isn't part of base
> > system,
> > a user will need to install it by hand.
> 
> Aha, didn't know that.  So, when you're reading a man page on Debian, you
> cannot scroll back?

Yes, unless you install some tools and packages than only the base
system 
(that come in seven floppy disks). After that, the PAGER variable points 
to less in /etc/alternatives/editor
 
> > Maybe a simple check if the $PAGER variable exists and trying "which
> > less" and
> > "which more" (as last resource) could be the enought...
> 
> Yes.
> 
> Alexander Skwar
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