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Re: Bug#1978: man: default pager should be less



In article <[🔎] m0tNixl-0002ZKC@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> you wrote:
: >Something ought to be done though, since more(1) can't be made to go
: >backwards through manpages.  This is rather a serious deficiency.

: HP-UX's more(1) doesn't allow you to go back at all. Ever. :)

Until HP-UX 10.X, at which point it has very less-ish behaviour.  Check the
man page, or just hit 'b' by accident thinking you're in less, and be amazed.

It's the little things that make you so happy sometimes...  :-)

Bdale


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