From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: less, misbehaving 2 Oct 1998 23:58:18 -0700 Message-ID: <19981002113627.25021.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1e.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Charles Wilson , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com What TERM setting are you using? It is suggested that you `export TERM=linux'. There are other ports of less, check my web page at http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32 ---Charles Wilson wrote: > > This problem is the only thing delaying a full rollout of gnu-win at my > workplace. Can anybody help? > > Charles Wilson wrote: > > > I'm having some wierd problems with less, and I don't know if it's my > > environment settings, or my ncurses library, or what. I'm using less > > v332 from andy's local.tar. > > > > Less operates as expected, until I try to view a file with less than a > > full screen of data. If I execute 'less shortfile', the file is > > displayed in the terminal window, followed by the message: '[1]+ > > Stopped less shortfile' > > > > >From that point on, all (?) interactive console mode programs misbehave. > > When invoking less on a file with _more_ than a full screen of data, > > e.g. 'less longfile', the first screen worth of data is displayed > > followed by '[2]+ Stopped less longfile'. (This identical command > > worked fine _before_ my 'mistake' with shortfile) Ditto with vi, or > > hexedit. I can always bring the executable back to the foreground, and > > things seem to work okay after that, but this is annoying. > > > > Does anybody know what's going on? My cygwin variable is 'tty notitle > > ntea binmode' > > > > --Chuck Wilson > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > == - \\||// -----------o0O0--Earnie--0O0o------------ -- earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com -- -- http://freeyellow.com/members5/gw32 -- --------------ooo0O--O0ooo--------------- PS: Newbie's, you should visit my page. _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".