Daniel Haude:
>
> when viewing man pages (or any kind of file, really) with "less", what
> bugs me is that less restores the screen content before its execution on
> exit. Which means that I always need to switch between two terminals (or
> use screen) when I need to keep an eye on the manpage while trying to
> compose a difficult command line. I'd prefer to be able to quit less
> (and man) at the point of interest and just get my propmt back, with the
> remains of the manpage still on screen. "more" does this, but I prefer less.
Actually, this is a feature of your terminal that less is using (and
most people like it). But you should be able to turn it off completely
(independent of the program), see
<http://www.shallowsky.com/linux/noaltscreen.html>.
J.
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