Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 11:24:25 +0200 From: h <h@erathia.be> To: Dima Dorfman <dd@freebsd.org> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dict ports suggestion Message-ID: <200507161124.25731.h@erathia.be> In-Reply-To: <20050716035718.GB6186@trit.org> References: <200507152118.29557.h@erathia.be> <20050716035718.GB6186@trit.org>
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some words have so big descriptions from several dictionnaries, plus a couple xtermful of thesaurus synonyms, the xterm scrollbar runs out. and the most relevant definitions are always at the beginning. in the meantime how can i alias dict * to dict|more * (not using another command as dict)? On Saturday 16 July 2005 05:57, Dima Dorfman wrote: > h <h@erathia.be> wrote: > > i think dict should default to |more in a xterm > > I've seen this behavior on several other systems (with dict and other > utilities), and I really, really don't like it. You can get it for > yourself by installing an alias, but if it's the default, there's no > obvious way to turn it off. Personally, I never want it because I > prefer to use my terminal's scroll feature (which xterm also > supports). > > Dima.
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