Re: [gentoo-user] dog - man's best friend.

2012-02-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Paul. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 03:37:34PM -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Paul Hartman > wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > >> I've finally been pushed over the edge.  I simply can't stand it any > >> longer.  The "it" in this cas

Re: [gentoo-user] dog - man's best friend.

2012-02-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> I've finally been pushed over the edge.  I simply can't stand it any >> longer.  The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output and >> either: (a) using less, and have it ta

Re: [gentoo-user] dog - man's best friend.

2012-02-23 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > I've finally been pushed over the edge.  I simply can't stand it any > longer.  The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output and > either: (a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using > cat etc., and have the

Re: [gentoo-user] dog - man's best friend.

2012-02-23 Thread Kevin Monceaux
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 08:42:00PM +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > (a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using cat etc., > and have the interesting part scroll away. (c) use less -F and less will automatically exit if the entire file can fit on one screen. One can export LE

Re: [gentoo-user] dog - man's best friend.

2012-02-23 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:42:00 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: If the subject is true, why does your dog have no man page? > I've finally been pushed over the edge. I simply can't stand it any > longer. The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output and > either: (a) using less, and have

[gentoo-user] dog - man's best friend.

2012-02-23 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo! I've finally been pushed over the edge. I simply can't stand it any longer. The "it" in this case is viewing a file or process output and either: (a) using less, and have it take just 10 screen lines; (b) using cat etc., and have the interesting part scroll away. To solve this dilem