Re: Can't get less to work with gnome-terminal

[Jaka Mocnik <jaka mocnik kiss uni-lj si>]

Harry Henry Gebel wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>         I just changed from gnome-core-1.0.6 to gnome-core-1.0.7 and less no
> longer works with gnome-terminal. The exact error message is:
> 
> [hgebel@localhost biglist]$ less biglist.py
> WARNING: terminal is not fully functional
> README  (press RETURN)
> 
> After pressing return the file comes up but the cursor keys no long work
> to scroll though the file, I have to use the alphabet keys. This problem
> occurs whether I pass the file as an argument on the command line or
> send data in a pipe. What am I doing wrong

as of sometime before 1.0.7 release, gnome-terminal sets the TERM
variable to dumb. god knows why... do an 'export TERM=xterm' or 'export
TERM=linux' first.

jaKa

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