RE: man is using gxditview
On 19-Aug-2000 John Bagdanoff wrote: When I use man as user, it is starting up gxditview, in console mode this is not nice. I noticed this behavior a couple of weeks ago, but as yet haven't found how to change it back to using less. Any ideas? As root run update-alternatives --config pager and choose less.
Re: man is using gxditview
Uh, oh... I opened up ~/.bashrc and found: alias man='man -TX100 That's what was making man call gxditview (which is part of groff). I dont remember adding that alias in there. Must have been stoned. :) So, Patrick, sorry to bother you, but I now know alot more about environmental variables, how man works set. embarrassingly yours, John On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:05:12PM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: in ~/.bashrc add the following line export PAGER=less when man is invoked it checks the value of PAGER to determine which pager to use. i'm not familiar with gxditview, if this is giving you problems and you really don't need this program, get rid of it. On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:27:23AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:08:34AM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: try setting the environmental variable PAGER to less or set MANOPT to -P less. read man man Thanks Patrick Can you tell me the verbatim commands to do the above? And do I do this as user? As root, I have no problems with man in console mode, but as user, this is the message I get: Error: Can't open display: man: command exited with status 256: /usr/bin/zsoelim '/tmp/zmanLTXGSK' | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -mandoc -TX100 In X, gxditview just comes up empty. Then, when I exit gxditview, I get this: man: command exited with status 256: /usr/bin/zsoelim '/tmp/zmanLTXGSK' | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -mandoc -TX100 PS: This is a low priority problem, as info subject works, but is there an underlying problem with my system? John On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:21:23AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: When I use man as user, it is starting up gxditview, in console mode this is not nice. I noticed this behavior a couple of weeks ago, but as yet haven't found how to change it back to using less. Any ideas? John -- Using Linux -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ... R.W. Hamming -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Using Linux -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ... R.W. Hamming -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Using Linux
Re: man is using gxditview
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 02:03:24AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: Uh, oh... I opened up ~/.bashrc and found: alias man='man -TX100 i recommend removing the line if you haven't done so already. So, Patrick, sorry to bother you, but I now know alot more about environmental variables, how man works set. no need to be sorry we we're all newbies in the begining - so keep asking until you understand. it's always good to learn something new, but it's even better to share what you have learned. pd -- As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ... R.W. Hamming
man is using gxditview
When I use man as user, it is starting up gxditview, in console mode this is not nice. I noticed this behavior a couple of weeks ago, but as yet haven't found how to change it back to using less. Any ideas? John -- Using Linux
Re: man is using gxditview
try setting the environmental variable PAGER to less or set MANOPT to -P less. read man man On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:21:23AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: When I use man as user, it is starting up gxditview, in console mode this is not nice. I noticed this behavior a couple of weeks ago, but as yet haven't found how to change it back to using less. Any ideas? John -- Using Linux -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ... R.W. Hamming
Re: man is using gxditview
On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:08:34AM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: try setting the environmental variable PAGER to less or set MANOPT to -P less. read man man Thanks Patrick Can you tell me the verbatim commands to do the above? And do I do this as user? As root, I have no problems with man in console mode, but as user, this is the message I get: Error: Can't open display: man: command exited with status 256: /usr/bin/zsoelim '/tmp/zmanLTXGSK' | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -mandoc -TX100 In X, gxditview just comes up empty. Then, when I exit gxditview, I get this: man: command exited with status 256: /usr/bin/zsoelim '/tmp/zmanLTXGSK' | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -mandoc -TX100 PS: This is a low priority problem, as info subject works, but is there an underlying problem with my system? John On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:21:23AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: When I use man as user, it is starting up gxditview, in console mode this is not nice. I noticed this behavior a couple of weeks ago, but as yet haven't found how to change it back to using less. Any ideas? John -- Using Linux -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ... R.W. Hamming -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Using Linux
Re: man is using gxditview
in ~/.bashrc add the following line export PAGER=less when man is invoked it checks the value of PAGER to determine which pager to use. i'm not familiar with gxditview, if this is giving you problems and you really don't need this program, get rid of it. On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 09:27:23AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 11:08:34AM -0400, Patrick Dahiroc wrote: try setting the environmental variable PAGER to less or set MANOPT to -P less. read man man Thanks Patrick Can you tell me the verbatim commands to do the above? And do I do this as user? As root, I have no problems with man in console mode, but as user, this is the message I get: Error: Can't open display: man: command exited with status 256: /usr/bin/zsoelim '/tmp/zmanLTXGSK' | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -mandoc -TX100 In X, gxditview just comes up empty. Then, when I exit gxditview, I get this: man: command exited with status 256: /usr/bin/zsoelim '/tmp/zmanLTXGSK' | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -mandoc -TX100 PS: This is a low priority problem, as info subject works, but is there an underlying problem with my system? John On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:21:23AM -0700, John Bagdanoff wrote: When I use man as user, it is starting up gxditview, in console mode this is not nice. I noticed this behavior a couple of weeks ago, but as yet haven't found how to change it back to using less. Any ideas? John -- Using Linux -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ... R.W. Hamming -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Using Linux -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- As a general rule, if you have trouble with the binary system, then probably it is because you do not really understand the decimal system ... R.W. Hamming
