Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 16:05:49 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> Cc: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how to "fix" more(1) vs termcap/terminfo? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951128160307.10133A-100000@mocha.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199511272325.PAA11307@block.statsci.com>
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On Mon, 27 Nov 1995, Scott Blachowicz wrote: > Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> wrote: > > > Scott Blachowicz stands accused of saying: > > > > > > This has been annoying me for a while, so...if I page something with 'more' > > > (as found in my 2.1.0-950928-SNAP system and 2.0.5-RELEASE too, I think) with > > > my $TERM set to "xterm", it just runs past the end of the file without waiting > > > for a prompt or anything. Is there any way to get it to ALWAYS prompt at EOF > > > (even for files smaller than one screen in length)? I've been told that more is a trunccated version of 'less', and in this case, they're alike .... more -e will not exit until the second time it bangs against EOF. You could do a 'setenv MORE -e' in your .cshrc to get the same effect. I use less, it's one of the ports. > > > > Your screen size is set incorrectly. Run the 'resize' command to fix it, > > and use less if you want to pause at EOF. > > I already do all that. Let's try doing it "manually" to make sure it is > getting done... > > scott@block:~> eval `/usr/X11R6/bin/resize` > scott@block:~> wc -l foo.c > 3 foo.c > scott@block:~> more foo.c > [NOTE: I see the screen flash with no pausing and without being able to > see the contents of foo.c] > scott@block:~> echo $MORE > MORE: Undefined variable. > scott@block:~> stty -a > speed 9600 baud; 41 rows; 80 columns; > lflags: icanon isig iexten echo echoe echok echoke -echonl echoctl > -echoprt -altwerase -noflsh -tostop -flusho pendin -nokerninfo > -extproc > iflags: istrip icrnl -inlcr -igncr ixon -ixoff ixany imaxbel ignbrk > brkint -inpck -ignpar -parmrk > oflags: opost onlcr -oxtabs > cflags: cread cs8 -parenb -parodd hupcl -clocal -cstopb -crtscts -dsrflow > -dtrflow -mdmbuf > cchars: discard = ^O; dsusp = ^Y; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>; > eol2 = <undef>; erase = ^H; intr = ^C; kill = ^U; lnext = ^V; > min = 1; quit = ^\; reprint = ^R; start = ^Q; status = <undef>; > stop = ^S; susp = ^Z; time = 0; werase = ^W; > scott@block:~> echo $SHELL > /usr/local/bin/tcsh > scott@block:~> > > > > Or, if that's not possible, how do I tweak my termcap/terminfo entries > > > to disable the screen contents save/restore?> > > Remove the ti/te entries from the xterm termcap. > > Seems to me that it's a bug in 'more' for it to continue past EOF without > a pause in the presence of ti/te entries that cause the screen to be > cleared. I don't know how it would be able to tell that the ti/te entries > clear the screen. Maybe 'more' should just have an option that causes it > to always pause at EOF (like 'less'). This is cute...I'd gotten into the > habit [on other platforms] of using 'more' when I DIDN'T want the ti/te > stuff and 'less' when I DID want the ti/te - on FreeBSD they both use > ti/te. > > Thanx! > > Scott Blachowicz Ph: 206/283-8802x240 StatSci, a div of MathSoft, Inc. > 1700 Westlake Ave N #500 > scott@statsci.com Seattle, WA USA 98109 > Scott.Blachowicz@seaslug.org > ============================================================================ Chuck Robey chuckr@eng.umd.edu -- I run FreeBSD on n3lxx and Journey2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Dilbert Zone is Dilbert's new WWW home! The area features never-before-seen original sketches of Dilbert, a photo tour of Scott Adams' studio, Dilbert Trivia and memorabilia, high school photos and much more!: <URL:http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/>;
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