Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Claudius Hubig wrote: > bash(1) does not appear to mention $@. It does but unfortunately it mentions it as a variable named @ and not as $@ making it difficult to search. This problem has been discussed upstream for instance here: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2011-12/msg00097.htm

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Mitchell Laks wrote: > I see now that unless less is invoked with the -q option i will get > the sound. > ... > and that successfully shut up sound on less and pager > but it did not shut up sound for man. > > I still have a beepy noisy man. Camaleón posted what I think is a better solution but

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 3:40 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>On Jo, 01 mar 12, 18:02:40, Claudius Hubig wrote: >>> >>> #!/bin/sh >>> /bin/less -q $* >> >>I've read somewhere that "$@" (including the quotes) is safer in such >>situations. > > That’s also what keeps lingering in

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > /bin/lessq (I would actually suggest using /usr/local/bin/lessq) Better, yes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: htt

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Tom H
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Mitchell Laks wrote: >> Yes, this all the result of the alternatives "system". >> >> Is it "/usr/bin/pager" or "/usr/pager"? > > yes it is "/usr/bin/pager" > >  "/usr/pager" does not exist on my systems I meant to write "/bin/pager" and "/usr/bin/lessq" below...

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Claudius Hubig
Dom wrote: >On 01/03/12 20:40, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Jo, 01 mar 12, 18:02:40, Claudius Hubig wrote: ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> #!/bin/sh /bin/less -q $* >>> I've read somewhere that "$@" (including the quotes)

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Dom
On 01/03/12 20:40, Claudius Hubig wrote: Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Jo, 01 mar 12, 18:02:40, Claudius Hubig wrote: ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> #!/bin/sh /bin/less -q $* I've read somewhere that "$@" (including the quotes) is safer in such situations. T

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Claudius Hubig
Andrei POPESCU wrote: >On Jo, 01 mar 12, 18:02:40, Claudius Hubig wrote: >> >> ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> >> #!/bin/sh >> /bin/less -q $* > >I've read somewhere that "$@" (including the quotes) is safer in such >situations. That’s also what keeps lingerin

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 01 mar 12, 18:02:40, Claudius Hubig wrote: > > ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> > #!/bin/sh > /bin/less -q $* I've read somewhere that "$@" (including the quotes) is safer in such situations. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian use

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 18:02 Thu 01 Mar , Claudius Hubig wrote: > That’s because you only set this variable to your shell and did not > export it. Observe: that was what i wanted to know. now i see that export makes it available to programs. > would then contain something like: > > ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Claudius Hubig
Mitchell Laks wrote: >however putting >PAGER="less -q" >alone seemed to set the variable (ie echo $PAGER >responded less -q) > >but it did not change the behavior of say "man pdl" That’s because you only set this variable to your shell and did not export it. Observe: ->->->->->->->->->->->->->-

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-03-01 Thread Mitchell Laks
> Because PAGER isn't set by default. > > You can set it in "/etc/environment" or "~/.bashrc" or "~/.profile". ok i put the line export PAGER="less -q" in the .bash_aliases file (or in .bashrc) and that worked. however putting PAGER="less -q" alone seemed to set the variable (ie echo $PAGER re

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-02-29 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Mitchell Laks wrote: > On 19:01 Wed 29 Feb     , Sven Joachim wrote: >> This is because .inputrc is only honored by programs that use readline, >> and the standard pager does not use that. >> >> > how to get rid of this? >> >> Make sure that less (the standard p

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-02-29 Thread Mitchell Laks
On 19:01 Wed 29 Feb , Sven Joachim wrote: > > This is because .inputrc is only honored by programs that use readline, > and the standard pager does not use that. > > > how to get rid of this? > > Make sure that less (the standard pager) is invoked with the "-q" > option. E.g. set PAGER="/us

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-02-29 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:29:29 -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > Dear Gurus, Not a guru here, but will try to earn some points, tron. > I like silence. +100 :-) > While running a tty console > (no X running) > I include in .inputrc > the line > set bell-style visible > > this is clearly respected

Re: not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-02-29 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2012-02-29 18:29 +0100, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I like silence. > > While running a tty console > (no X running) > I include in .inputrc > the line > set bell-style visible > > this is clearly respected by say the > tab command on an empty line (no beep, just a flash) > however > when i do

not in X. man command does not respect set bell-style visible

2012-02-29 Thread Mitchell Laks
Dear Gurus, I like silence. While running a tty console (no X running) I include in .inputrc the line set bell-style visible this is clearly respected by say the tab command on an empty line (no beep, just a flash) however when i do man anything say man bash and then reach the end of the b