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From: tar@ksuvax1.cis.ksu.edu (Tim Ramsey)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Re: NetHack 3.0 patch02 $PAGER bug
Summary: Use "LESS" enviroment variable.  Not a NetHack bug.
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Date: 22 Aug 89 06:26:36 GMT
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In article <2401@taux01.UUCP> crehta@taux01.nsc.com (Ran Ever-Hadani) writes:

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>A partial solution is enclosing every appearance of $PAGER in double
>quotes.   But when $PATH is searched for $PAGER, the search will fail
>and $PAGER will be unset.  I don't know how you can extract the 'less'
>from 'less -sm' to solve that.  Any ideas?

Sure.  RT*M page for less(1).  You can pass options to less with the
LESS enviroment variable.  So, in (for example) your .profile, put:

  LESS="-sm"
  export LESS

and change your PAGER to just "less".

Tim
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