Re: less in an xterm
> When I run less in an xterm, it seems to save the image of whatever is
> in the window, display whatever it's displaying, and then restore the
> image. On the Linux console, when I exit less, I get just the shell
> prompt on the bottom of the screen, and not whatever was on the screen
> when I ran less.
>
> I'm used to and like the console behaviour more. Is there a way to get
> the same behaviour in an xterm?
You just have to use "less -X". Or better, put -X in the environment
variable called LESS, so that less never restores the display.
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