joe@smu.UUCP (01/31/85)
Notes looks at the environment variable PAGER to determine if you want to use a different program than /usr/usb/more to look at the help page. The problem is there is no way to pass parameters to the program. (e.g., I would like to run my own pager program, say page, invoking it as page -s). Has anyone fixed this? Joe Ramey, Southern Methodist University UUCP: convex!smu!joe CSNET: joe@smu
dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) (02/04/85)
In article <26000001@smu.UUCP> joe@smu.UUCP writes: ||Notes looks at the environment variable PAGER to determine ||if you want to use a different program than /usr/ucb/more to look at ||the help page. The problem is there is no way to pass parameters to ||the program. (e.g., I would like to run my own pager program, say ||page, invoking it as page -s). Has anyone fixed this? Well, it's a kludge, but you can create your own shell file which simply calls page -s, and make the shell file your $PAGER. Dave Sherman -- {utzoo pesnta nrcaero utcs}!lsuc!dave {allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave
tower@inmet.UUCP (02/07/85)
> ***** inmet:net.notes / lsuc!dave / 9:39 pm Feb 4, 1985 > In article <26000001@smu.UUCP> joe@smu.UUCP writes: > ||Notes looks at the environment variable PAGER to determine > ||if you want to use a different program than /usr/ucb/more to look at > ||the help page. The problem is there is no way to pass parameters to > ||the program. (e.g., I would like to run my own pager program, say > ||page, invoking it as page -s). Has anyone fixed this? > > Well, it's a kludge, but you can create your own shell file which > simply calls page -s, and make the shell file your $PAGER. > Dave Sherman > {utzoo pesnta nrcaero utcs}!lsuc!dave > {allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsrgv!lsuc!dave > Non-kludge: more on 4.1BSD looks at the environment variable MORE to decide what parameters to invoke itself with. See the man page. e.g. (from my .login for my login c-shell) setenv MORE -sl setenv PAGER '/usr/ucb/more' I suspect this is true on 4.2BSD and 2.9BSD systems as well. "Oh, the nested webs we weave..." -len tower UUCP: {ihnp4,harpo}!inmet!tower Intermetrics, Inc. INTERNET: ima!inmet!tower@CCA-UNIX.ARPA USPS: 733 Concord Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA PHONE: (617) 661-1840