Markku Kolkka wrote:
>
> On Wednesday 18. Julyta 2001 20:04, you wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Use the -X option for less.
Read the man page for less.
setenv LESS=--no-init (for tcsh) or
export LESS=--no-init (for bash)
in you startup files (.tcshrc or .bashrc)
will make this the default.
Another option you might like is --quite-at-eof
or --QUIT-AT-EOF
-Thomas
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