[17763] in Athena Bugs
Re: linux 8.3.30: man
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kev)
Wed Apr 12 17:26:57 2000
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To: "David_A._Morales" <nagisa@MIT.EDU>
cc: bugs@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:17:16 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 17:26:51 -0400
From: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>
> What's wrong:
> At the end of the text of the report, it displays [END] and won't clear
> up in the xterm window.
>
> What should have happened:
> The xterm window clears (or not) and the Athena prompt occurs after pre
> ssing return at the end of said document.
I believe Linux man uses "less" by default; you can type 'q' to quit it.
I personally prefer 'less' to 'more' because of this feature, but I suppose
it does violate the principle of least suprise; it can be changed for the
release by modifing the line begining "PAGER" in /etc/man.config...
--
Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch@mit.edu>
