From: Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@...>
Date: 2003-12-17T08:22:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Newbie questions

> > I didn't know about those variables.  How do they work?
> 
> They're just the standard variables to set to change your pager.  The man
> command is the main thing that uses them, but anything that supports
> paging should use the PAGER variable.  I only know about them because I
> always reset mine to 'less' instead of 'more'.


I didn't know you could change that.  That's awesome!

I hate "more" and I've been really frustrated ever since I started using 
this Solaris box.  The fact that, by default, "man" uses "more" under 
Solaris was one of the anoyances I've had.

I just changed it.

Thanks!

Daniel.