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Re: less not suspendable
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- Subject: Re: less not suspendable
- From: Ian Zimmerman <itz@lbin.com>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 11:08:55 -0700
- Organization: Lightbinders, Inc.
- References: <19990603180108.7243.rocketmail@web124.yahoomail.com>
Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
> --- Ian Zimmerman <itz@lbin.com> wrote:
> > Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > >
> > > --- Ian Zimmerman <itz@lbin.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The less program as distributed with B20 seems to ignore the interactive
> > > > stop signal, or automatically continue itself.
> > > >
> > > -8<-
> > >
> > > Please enlighten me as to why you would need an interactive stop signal
> > with
> > > less when less displays a screen full of data and then stops?
> >
> > To start another program? I work this way on my X-less home Linux
> > machine all the time.
>
> I don't see it as an option under the help screen.
You're right. How come it works on Unix though? Looks like I need to
get the source and investigate. There's probably a broken #ifdef
somewhere.
> However, you can use ! to
> execute a shell command.
Not good enough.
--
Ian Zimmerman
Lightbinders, Inc.
2325 3rd Street #324, San Francisco, California 94107
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