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Re: Less (was: Re: Background writes in csh)

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From: Bob Peirce #305
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 1990 12:04
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In article <603@oglvee.UUCP> norm@oglvee.UUCP (Norman Joseph) writes:
>In <2715@idunno.Princeton.EDU> subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao) writes:
>
>>Does any body have any suggestions as to how
>>I can make less behave like more?
>
>Yes.  Read The Friendly Manual.  Less is fully configurable (including the
>ability to quit after reaching the end of its input without having to type
>a `q').

I use the following alias for more.  It seems to be pretty close.

	less -eMb20PM\<--More--\>P$
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From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
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Subject: Re: Less (was: Re: Background writes in csh)
Message-ID: <1990Sep27.120423.2810@investor.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 27 Sep 90 12:04:23 GMT
References: <1990Sep19.203803.25798@cs.umn.edu> <1990Sep20.185147.14158@ping.uucp> <2715@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <603@oglvee.UUCP>
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