[GRASS5] Arrow keys and default pager

[Eric G. Miller]

On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 10:43:26AM +0200, Reinhard Brunzema wrote:
> 
> > Second issue: I see that the default pager for GRASS man pager is
> > "more",
> > but under linux the default pager is usually "less", much more powerful
> > and easier to use. I'm getting tired of typing "export PAGER=less" every
> > time I login in GRASS... couldn't it be a default option if "less" is
> > available on the machine (at least under Linux)?
> 
> Hallo,
> I had the same thoughts a couple of days before. A possible solution
> would be:
> 
> Replacing the lines 
> ---
> 	# Set some environment variables if they are not set
> 	if [ ! "$PAGER" ] ; then
>     		PAGER=more
>     		export PAGER
> 	fi
> ---
> with
> ---
> 	# Set some environment variables if they are not set
> 	if [ ! "$PAGER" ] ; then
> 		lesspath=`which less 2> /dev/null`
> 		if [ -x "$lesspath" ] ; then
> 			PAGER=less
> 		else
>     			PAGER=more
>     		fi
>     		export PAGER
> 	fi

The "which" command is not Bourne Shell (unfortunately).  I've seen
hacks to emulate it...

-- 
Eric G. Miller <egm2 at jps.net>

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