From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2008-09-24T16:07:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Exiting ri on a mac terminal

On Sep 23, 2008, at 18:14 PM, matt neuburg wrote:
> Ruby Fan <jody.glidden@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Fred Phillips wrote:
>>> On Tue Sep 23 21:40:14 2008, Ruby Fan wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I've been avoiding using ri for my docs because when I type it I  
>>>> can't
>>>> seem to exit out of it without closing terminal.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried all the usual suspects like ctrl-c, ctrl-d, esc.  Any  
>>>> ideas
>>>> on what I might be doing wrong?
>>>
>>> ri uses less(1), press q to exit.
>>
>> That was it.  Thanks!
>
> Try putting this line in your .bash_profile:
>
> alias ri='ri -f ansi -T'
>
> Much nicer behavior and display in Terminal. m.

Better:

export RI=-T -f ansi