>>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[unnecessary kludge deleted] Bruce> By chance, does man evaluate the $PAGER variable? I don't Bruce> have man working at the moment on my own system due to an Bruce> ELF library conflict. You're right, man evaluates $PAGER (I'm using PAGER="less -j5" to see some preceeding lines on searches). Even if you have a man that doesn't honor $PAGER envvar, less(1) shows that the program takes options from the $LESS. (As always it pays to RTM, just couldn't resist :) Happy new year Siggy -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // programmer/*nix admin for hire [EMAIL PROTECTED] \\ Opinions are strictly my own, voice: +49-251-8619-99 \\ everything else is GPLed Mime(RFC1521) encoded messages welcome \\ http://coming.soon/