On May 2, 2012 2:48 AM, "Stroller" <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > > On 1 May 2012, at 19:27, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > > > On 05/01/2012 02:11 PM, Stroller wrote: > >> So /etc/profile contains the following message: > >> > >> # You should override these in your ~/.bashrc (or equivalent) for per-user > >> # settings. For system defaults, you can add a new file in /etc/profile.d/. > >> export EDITOR=${EDITOR:-/bin/nano} > >> export PAGER=${PAGER:-/usr/bin/less} > >> > >> Therefore I have created a plain text file /etc/profile.d/essential_defaults > >> > > > > First of all, use `eselect pager` =) > > Actually, if you look at the contents of my essential_defaults file, I'm not so interested in the pager as the MANPAGER setting. I find that after using `most` as my man-pager, it's quite horrible using `less` on a new system. For anything else, `less` is fine. > > Stroller. > >
'most' is for sissies ; I use vimmanpager for MANPAGER, and vimpager for PAGER. ;-) Rgds,