[lug] Debian man pages

[rm at fabula.de]

On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 02:45:55PM -0600, John Hernandez wrote:
> Jason Davis wrote:
> >Hello,
> > When I view a man page in Debian , The man page is viewed then I'm
> >dropped back out to my shell. I don't have to hit "q" to quit and i cant
> >scroll around... anyone know why this happens.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >jd
> >
> 
> Check your PAGER and MANPAGER environment variables.  By default, man 
> uses /usr/bin/less -is.

Good hint. Debian does use /etc/alternatives tp configure the pager used
when one invokes /usr/bin/pager (as /usr/lib/man-db/man does).

 Ralf Mattes

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