On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 21:38:17 +0000, Tim Woodall wrote: > On Fri, 7 Nov 2025, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > If I run > > > > (unset LESS; apt show bash) > > > > or > > > > env -u LESS apt show bash > > > > then the raw control characters are passed through directly to the > > terminal as intended. > > > > > Or maybe add -R? > > I have it set to -RX.
That may be acceptable for many users. I don't want that as a default, though. There are far too many times when I use less on a file/stream that may or may not contain binary data, and in those cases I *want* the binary data to be presented as reverse-video ESC and so on, rather than potentially destroying my terminal.
