Hi All,
Im looking for a few hints on how to better use more / less / man /
perldoc / etc.
Im using an unmodified less configuration, as shipped in 7.1.
1) when I 'q' out of a 'less/ man / perldoc' session, the screen is
restored to pre-less display.
This is generally good, but sometimes Id like to preserve the text
on-screen so that
I can read it while I type the command.
I tried Q, ZZ, ( discovered by reading 'h' help) but they work the same
as 'q'.
^C is evidently trapped; it doesnt kill the session.
A manual kill from another window works; the 'less' session ends, and
the screen
is not refreshed to a pre-more state.
Can this behavior be enabled via some key-bindings ?
2) 'more' works in this regard. It quits without restoring pre-more.
Of course, more doesnt give it to me both ways, which (of course) I
want.
3) pipe behavior
these behave differently wrt backing up thru the buffer.
more junk # can back up 'b' thru junk
cat junk | more # cannot back up
cat junk | less # can
The obvious answer is to use more or less selectively, but that assumes
that you
know beforehand whether you want to preserve or refresh the screen.
Like I said, I want it both ways.
Another partial answer is 'alias more=less',
then I dont have to remember to use less (Im a creature of habit)
tia
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