Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:38:26 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: Franco Fichtner <franco@lastsummer.de>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: default pager (csh) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.1502191233460.11867@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <1424357692.1108.18.camel@freebsd.org> References: <CACYV=-GBD5FmnsQr=KC6Wc9qZ9UAFPQgPmNyS5Jr6Vs2G7dGjA@mail.gmail.com> <54E5232F.3060409@delphij.net> <021CBC62-4CC6-4137-897E-FE482139E09B@westryn.net> <54E539F3.2070506@egr.msu.edu> <CACYV=-EMe5%2BACr5zm=Gc5UjyDrYiC30UPLarWAwQZTw%2B2fw8QA@mail.gmail.com> <4F3A7029-EF19-40E0-B859-E169684A3B36@lastsummer.de> <1424357692.1108.18.camel@freebsd.org>
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 07:46 +0100, Franco Fichtner wrote: >>> On 19 Feb 2015, at 02:27, Davide Italiano <davide@freebsd.org> wrote: >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> wrote: >>>> The PAGER was less for about half a year and reverted. Please see: >>>> >>>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=242643 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >>>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >>>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> OK, I think this ends the discussion =) >> >> Nope, not good enough. The way I see it we achieved nothing >> despite the fact that several bugs are on the table. >> >> Now that we all agree more(1) is the way to go, can we please fix >> colouring and the pager quit issue for man pages using sensible >> options in more(1)? >> >> Other's should speak up for their woes with the FreeBSD defaults >> too. The defaults are supposed to be the best we can do. Right >> now, we can actually do better. :) > > I sure hope "fix coloring" is shorthand for "don't you dare turn on any > of that color crap without the user's permission." Agree! Leave pager alone. And I kind of like that PAGER exits when you get to the end, but perhaps I'm in the minority on that. The thing I can't stand is losing all contents of 'man' when you exit the pager, so I'm with Julian on that too. -- DE
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