[GRASS5] Arrow keys and default pager

[Markus Neteler]

Hi Andrea,

On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 08:15:26AM +0200, Andrea Aime wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I'm using latest GRASS cvs, XFree 4.01 and KDE 2.1. Every time I start
> GRASS in text mode I find problems with the user interface: arrow keys
> are not interpreted the right way and I get strange characters on the
> screen (a couple of chars every time I hit and arrow). This is the only
> program to do that, plain terminal emulators and other programs are
> working fine... any idea on how to solve that?

you are right, this should become fixed. The cursor stuff is in:
src/libes/vask/
 especially
V_call.c

Even g.help should be fixed, similar problem. I have tried a while,
but don't know too much about the curses & friends.

> 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)?
I agree. For example:

run i.target and enter "list" in "Enter group that needs a target",
you get an ugly "more" bar and can only leave the list with "q".
In past (if I recall correctly) you could leave with any button or
at least enter key.

Regards

 Markus

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