From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Aug 19 15:38:28 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF1623C19BE for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:38:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) Received: from sonic309-20.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (sonic309-20.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [66.163.184.146]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4BWsPZ5HNWz40pQ for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:38:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) X-YMail-OSG: EJrtHf8VM1nSd37vlrC2DMaz9XNFsENjSYqkGdwTFxIVn1lNV4hw0gXtlVhK.Et bHlexp5uq11_Z6V01PsESQ0QaKtyPzectlXLIoKpgjC.1A9mrMYH.41XLrHT9Km5pPUfg1.z_NBq .OLeJAdl6pJXBU8uHiOvmxShBxmldWgVWeEO6G4Vv_i4dzOr3jaeFr_6n7NvAGD.97gKMGCY5Kzs 5wUCN3xhGPh9fikvblGKanXaIS.a85R6pB5gT5NvRTpt43rfxV0KQ_oENs5jeb5u1UIOoDbWYUBX kuIN_sqGTrXQ4UIyBrz02cwW.IcmfYREVbZOsAxLsw6n.yWmFp0_bGgko33TnqcORqS_HgzTo.lQ 84u2VJucUbgHvzIWAH0XREy4vXi34XfZ2FkoXN6tPSKqrIyWgsxDNM0LRiMgviEIlqaEpNtcq4pn odeqEHfPP8bDaUKPLZuMSp8IEHaHcT5.jWl4dYN_G_J8uoucAnXqQrmPncFtZILMz5jBgtzexvbP 3o2yAhGkG7cjMPA0ksagCVgn7bNdthZ8cxI0NzKnHgN_0XSlNszS4VwxLONhPFy98mTipHE1OZMr g0lnmonPgkkWP257rWST4VoY9O6mmVWd84eVfWsa.V7417L.FAA11b5mR5cU2yC97a6Q_n0_F1NU w.IcF.XWO8xsNz.mYni3cslUBdSutzU5QdSElc031eOFUYaFTE9PwxeIFu71GVmX5qxk96o5D8ZV TNYdZBTJOHJTdcXeT_oHMgkMsxOLOG4H6m55mSmUsnsyhQewPI42qQXIZ0s47qTSTkjWw343zXPr f300pNWO2s1yjk19MxSp8.u.oJZ0.Dum0oPMNXWbbACmnGx2ml6O3GZpsMGKtnqcLHdmxUZVGABg VmL5TzBEptu_RZRoZVd_QlbL7sY54gxpuiqx0u.7zW4V0LSAe6rCWHlc_xsse2GIQ0ik6cZCN_vX EXp_4pbdZcmzsN4H5Qcoxg2I5.kJClexo9.PiNsRwdqNN2zp5lt4oHIvaXcR.qFDFeFd.vSwKsvs hCYBep8NpLMeowv.ZS5lmhHz.tBX.EaeCJmWPa4Q1n1bK2V7ulzMBRst7z3YhoI1u7vV2AAUM0_g 6HmbY6I5lwSDlY4EHFt7p3Nq4ZKkTWDwTlK5ZXGtHwTzKFl6GIysQQcYLR_rFKJlULwRD3s23d7w PGtxKQ.QSa4ntnLnPA3CHF8e3ysMKSY4fwwl_5atW5uNFrXYULL7O4_Dvh1lPllKRODau9HFmEdB QPlbcDYYBluBEA68gZVmSJNUQ0xF_a7VKM4PtKBaslgYjHt3w_adk2Ejie0.65fhsoENyOOjlc88 eq_N3aDvEh26p2ugjYtKOsL5zEijS4SJtajoiD5nCqEOeNCEqjZaNzIQvvSMColHgByyrbQ92ElB 8z2SS7MQogzSd23nWMpaC4LjrQzuND8Ey3VnM9PZbnTHDwpi285y1Na.SGMA1hoA- Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic309.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:38:24 +0000 Received: by smtp417.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (VZM Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID a830c032855adf090f9b973c6ca3bc7b; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:38:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pg1-f178.google.com with SMTP id x6so11566476pgx.12 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:38:22 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532/DP7SZww0h9EFm5zEfBU5Lf7PzDi5aw/IlDePmMoeBjig9hRU HSIwtZCqgGCvfycyiwAiv4idKRD9E74BdBV6330= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzPR/KP1o0G+vLKSjl7Bgf5NG9c6PPVBs7lDEhcHK0h+XcogvqGJpTtnx9Xo2lkbOBeEZ2gAdFsQbKG47Ku3cc= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6a00:7c7:: with SMTP id n7mr19703574pfu.291.1597851501167; Wed, 19 Aug 2020 08:38:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <-8909649628306676057@unknownmsgid> In-Reply-To: <-8909649628306676057@unknownmsgid> From: Ottavio Caruso Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:38:05 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: xpost: New less 551 won't let me copy text with "--mouse" flag. To: freebsd-questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.16455 mail.backend.jedi.jws.acl:role.jedi.acl.token.atz.jws.hermes.yahoo Apache-HttpAsyncClient/4.1.4 (Java/11.0.7) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4BWsPZ5HNWz40pQ X-Spamd-Bar: - X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-1.10 / 15.00]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[yahoo.com:s=s2048]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; TO_DN_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[yahoo.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[yahoo.com,reject]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[66.163.184.146:from]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.40)[-0.398]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr:yahoo.com]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com,pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[66.163.184.146:from]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36646, ipnet:66.163.184.0/21, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com,pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[yahoo.com:dkim] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.33 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:38:28 -0000 [Previously posted to freebsd-ports@ but no joy there] Hi, % freebsd-version 12.1-RELEASE-p8 less in base: % less --version less 530 (POSIX regular expressions) Before installing less from ports: % which less /usr/bin/less setenv LESS "-i -m +Gg" setenv TERM xterm As you know, old less 530 in base doesn't support scrolling down with the mouse, so I have installed less from ports. % /usr/local/bin/less --version less 551 (PCRE regular expressions) and I have updated my environment variables: setenv PAGER /usr/local/bin/less setenv LESS "--mouse --wheel-lines=3 -i -m +Gg" I might have used wrong syntax here ^, but now, if I use less or man, I can scroll down, but I cannot copy text with the mouse. If I try, the screen will flash. If I revert to /usr/bin/less, I regain the capability of copying text but I lose the scroll down function. As a term of comparison, I can use less with the mouse and scroll down in pretty much all other *BSD and Linux without specifying the "--mouse" flag. Any help will be appreciated. -- Ottavio Caruso