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Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 11:01:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject: Re: less not suspendable
To: Ian Zimmerman <itz AT lbin DOT com>,
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--- Ian Zimmerman <itz AT lbin DOT com> wrote:
> Earnie Boyd wrote:
> > 
> > --- Ian Zimmerman <itz AT lbin DOT com> wrote:
> > >
> > > The less program as distributed with B20 seems to ignore the interactive
> > > stop signal, or automatically continue itself.
> > >
> > -8<-
> > 
> > Please enlighten me as to why you would need an interactive stop signal
> with
> > less when less displays a screen full of data and then stops?
> 
> To start another program?  I work this way on my X-less home Linux
> machine all the time.

I don't see it as an option under the help screen.  However, you can use ! to
execute a shell command.
===
YAWIA,
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

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