Re: Shell escape in less?

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From: Alex Blakemore
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 15:50

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In article <1992Jul31.212410.18632@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> wasfy@nic.gac.edu writes:
> Whenever I try to use the shell escape in less my  
> system struggles for about 15 seconds and finally locks.  
> Has anyone experienced this type of behavior from  
> less?  If so, does anyone know a workaround?  Thanks in advance!

I tried this with the intention of disproving that anything was wrong
with less on the NeXT - as I've found less to a great improvement over more.
The same thing happened, but I managed to kill the parent shell before
the crash, barely.  Its true :(
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