jhalfs-X, help file

Manuel,
   What is your opinion on changing the display of the help
file.
    from:  "usage | more && exit"
      to:  "usage | less && exit"

   'less' has scroll capabilities and 'more' does not.

   GRB
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On 3/28/06, George Boudreau <georgeblinuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
> Manuel,
>    What is your opinion on changing the display of the
help file.
>     from:  "usage | more && exit"
>       to:  "usage | less && exit"
>
>    'less' has scroll capabilities and 'more' does
not.

less isn't installed in /tools for LFS.  Then, if you tried
to see the
usage in the chroot before less is installed, you'd get
nothing.

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El Miércoles, 29 de Marzo de 2006 06:06, George Boudreau
escribió:
> Manuel,
>    What is your opinion on changing the display of the
help file.
>     from:  "usage | more && exit"
>       to:  "usage | less && exit"
>
>    'less' has scroll capabilities and 'more' does
not.

That happens on my system when using less:

ESC[1mESC[37m===========================ESC[0m
ESC[1m
 Usage: ./clfs ESC[1m[OPTION]

Options:
ESC[1m  -h, --helpESC[0m
        print this help, then exit


Plus, when you quit from less the help is removed from the
screen, but with 
more no,  then you can use Shift+RePag to review the help
and to copy&paste 
the options/values in the command line.

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> 
> ESC[1mESC[37m===========================ESC[0m
> ESC[1m
>  Usage: ./clfs ESC[1m[OPTION]

   very odd, it is not interpreting the ANSI escape codes.

> 
> Plus, when you quit from less the help is removed from
the screen, but with 
> more no,  then you can use Shift+RePag to review the
help and to copy&paste 
> the options/values in the command line.
   This is a valid comment, agreed.. more not less is
better..(as with 
most things, except taxes and jail time)
> 
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On 3/29/06, George Boudreau <georgeblinuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
> >
> > ESC[1mESC[37m===========================ESC[0m
> > ESC[1m
> >  Usage: ./clfs ESC[1m[OPTION]
>
>    very odd, it is not interpreting the ANSI escape
codes.

This is surely a dead point now, but you need the -R
parameter for
less to attempt to interpret escape sequences.  man-db (and
man) use
less -isR the way LFS has them set up.  I just realized this
myself.

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Dan Nicholson wrote:
> On 3/29/06, George Boudreau <georgeblinuxfromscratch.org> wrote:
>>> ESC[1mESC[37m===========================ESC[0m
>>> ESC[1m
>>>  Usage: ./clfs ESC[1m[OPTION]
>>    very odd, it is not interpreting the ANSI escape
codes.
> 
> This is surely a dead point now, but you need the -R
parameter for
> less to attempt to interpret escape sequences.  man-db
(and man) use
> less -isR the way LFS has them set up.  I just realized
this myself.

   ohh.. you are good. Your comment forced me to look at my
setup 
(non-LFS).. In my env I have defined, LESS=-R, so that is
why it worked 
for me and not Manuel. Live and learn.
     tnx
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