Re: "less" or "man" clear-screen issue
> 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.
On 10.04.07 10:28, Jochen Schulz wrote:
> 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>.
nice, but for debian I recommend using "xterm-debian" terminal type.
BAd that rxvt doesn't have option to disable alternate screen
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