On Tuesday 03 Jun 2008, Balu manyam wrote:
> > the v puts the "less" buffer into the editor of your choice
> > vi/emacs/pico etc. (EDITOR variable).  Editing capability
> > referenced above is within the "less" tool itself.
> >

> wow - i did not know this

Two other useful variables that you can set are:

LESS=-Misc
PAGER=less

"less" will use the options (in my case -M -i -s -c) as set in the LESS 
variable.

Many apps use whatever the PAGER variable is set to, for paginating 
their output.

-- 
Arun Khan

_______________________________________________
To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 
"unsubscribe <password> <address>"
in the subject or body of the message.  
http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Reply via email to