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Subject: Re: problems with less
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From: John S Cooper <John DOT Cooper AT eu DOT citrix DOT com>
Date: 09 May 2000 15:38:21 +0100
In-Reply-To: John S Cooper's message of "26 Apr 2000 14:24:32 +0100"
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I think the display problems I was having with `less' disappear when I do the
following:

  1. Set TERM=cygwin rather than TERM=linux.
  2. Don't use `less -r' as an alias for `less'.

Perhaps this is something for a README/FAQ?

    --- John


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