Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!unisoft!greywolf From: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Need to make "less" do a particular thing "right" Message-ID: <3399@unisoft.UUCP> Date: 25 Feb 91 19:32:59 GMT References: <15903.27c29273@levels.sait.edu.au> <6435@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <1991Feb20.210427.26089@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Reply-To: greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf) Organization: Foo Bar and Grill Lines: 31 In article <1991Feb20.210427.26089@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> phil@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Phil Howard KA9WGN) writes: >pfalstad@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Paul Falstad) writes: > >>man less reveals that... > >>man lesskey reveals that... > >I want to make the "less" command NOT switch over to the alterate screen. >This is so that when I press "q" to quit from less, it will NOT switch >back to the primary screen on me. I want to have the data I am looking >at in less be left on the screen, my shell prompt come up, and let me >type my next command while still looking at what less was showing me. > >I did RTFM and could not find this. I would say that you have some sort of souped-up termcap that loves to use the memory-page capability of your terminal. I would suggest that you use a slightly less sophisticated version of your termcap, or get your sysadmin to modify the termcap (usually ts and te capabilities) such that the pages are not switched. >-- > >--Phil Howard, KA9WGN-- | Individual CHOICE is fundamental to a free society > | no matter what the particular issue is all about. -- # The days of the computer priesthood are not over. # May they never be. # If it sounds selfish, consider how most companies stay in business.