Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!mit-eddie!media-lab!media-lab.media.mit.edu!dnb From: dnb@meshugge.media.mit.edu (David N. Blank) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: Background writes in csh Message-ID: Date: 24 Sep 90 14:57:48 GMT References: <1990Sep19.203803.25798@cs.umn.edu> <1990Sep20.185147.14158@ping.uucp> <2715@idunno.Princeton.EDU> Sender: news@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU Distribution: comp Organization: M.I.T. Media Laboratory Lines: 24 In-reply-to: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU's message of 21 Sep 90 21:15:19 GMT > I've been meaning to switch over to less so many times, but only ONE > thing stopped me. It appears superior in many ways, but for one > annoying inconvenience (IMHO). At the very end of the article, you > HAVE to type q to quit. With more, I just hit the spacebar as the last > screenfull pours over my screen and that's it. Does any body have any > suggestions as to how I can make less behave like more? Well, from Mr. Manpage: : OPTIONS : ... : -e Normally the only way to exit less is via the "q" com- : mand. The -e option tells less to automatically exit : the second time it reaches end-of-file. : : -E The -E flag causes less to exit the first time it : reaches end-of-file. You can also set the environment variable "LESS" to contain "-E" and any other options which will be used every time you envoke less. Enjoy. Peace, dNb