-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/20/15 18:05, Warren Block wrote: >> It doesn't do that on csh. Or maybe I figured out how to prevent >> it long ago and forgot, but all I use is this: >> >> setenv PAGER "less -RS" >> >> >> You probably did what I used to do. Modify the termcaps/terminfo >> to eliminate this behavior. See Exorcising the Evil Alternate >> Screen. >> >> In the past, FreeBSD disabled this by default. It was changed >> several years ago, but you can change it back as per the aboved >> referenced article. > > I'm pretty sure I have not done that, it would show up in > mergemaster. As far as I can remember, less(1) has never done that > clear-the-screen thing on FreeBSD, which is why it is so jarring on > Linux.
Not all terminals will clear screen... Cheers, - -- Xin LI <delp...@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.1.2 (FreeBSD) iQIbBAEBCgAGBQJU5+32AAoJEJW2GBstM+nsZFQP+IoALzoaMRYF+jB9L1kwY+QN h3mnx6BCjv24nMfnv/wLDvWXQ5N1DY0Di9/RP0YSFxgWetpxQGIf0fDOE2jYAbSW +xPBMnYfkKWmzenF5W9NxMPi4o6ul/+LIkp1PxGpxHqjktkSFu3lnoeZaI0JB+6U 3XgpyLMsCfKPP1s5jOyn7TcIKQkby69ANUHWN+7Vfcrg7wy7h0cLmEuCfqOjMg0O CczASshTkCH3JjdwENmT5hwxIKRRqLeqKLvGSyphcZ8FiOl8TKfY+Rnd7wxc9/Cf /PU4cJFVIYw4v60hknD+Dj3hdgwJYA5pfJY2+8faC5V0qKpsDCnl43xDzKXojJjE QX74k7fS47bwcAzTZMLD55X95mos6k7pkDdSE+FoEyWld+yCKxxnSGEXE+728xX2 zdpj1OlJLhyijcZXPNYbDmUVbGzjBnWSTcRF73+upeGDtG3Q1cKaCD7ZBx+Eyqq8 r0ILRrINPzW58XzK0i33obT4SqyBKnadCRuSADpKEaEZgjQeDEGhlQ83SBIt2xBr rqofewSf3jPoN/o03vNaVMRfOT36NT65DOoCjIf0TuEpKbRhfYXb5LVAmt13Bhpv Uc29/3uOi0r2A1h+2URZ0M5LBJo2NiaNgGRE+TTw4y/+mUwhbMvdOVuRwvYwGatb 2lI/u9fCHmNkyPWf5J8= =+90O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
