This might help if you use vim - alias viman="man --pager=\"col -b | vim -R -T linux -c 'set ft=man nomod nolist' -c 'sy on' -\""
On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Bill Moseley wrote : | Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:42:09 -0700 | From: Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | To: debian-user@lists.debian.org | Subject: How to *not* restore screen after viewing man pages in X | Resent-Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2002 21:54:46 -0700 | Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org | | When I view a man page or run vi or nano from xterm or Konsole and then | exit, the screen is restored to the way it was before I started the | program. | | This doesn't happen when not running X. How do I disable this? I like | to be able to scroll down in a man page, exit, and leave that text | viewable. | | Thanks, | | -- Have a nice day on the planet earth... Florentin. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]