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Re: [PATCH] pager: default to LESS=FRX not LESS=FRSX

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Mar 26, 2007, 18:45 UTC
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Eygene Ryabinkin <rea-git@codelabs.ru> writes:
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>> Two tips.
>> 
>>  (1) Learn to use left/right arrow keys under "less -S" if you
>>      have occasional lines that are too long.
>
> I do not like the left/right keys: it is wery hard to get the
> right typing speed ...

Heh, who types 120-word a minute while perusing the source with "less"?

I do not like to move my hand from the home position on the keyboard either, so I never touch arrow keys while I am typing to produce, but I never thought of bothering to reconfigure less keybindings for the reason you stated, as I do not have infinite amount of time.

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  1. pager: default to LESS=FRX not LESS=FRSXEygene Ryabinkin, Mar 26, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceMar 26, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2007
  5. Eygene RyabinkinMar 26, 2007
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2007
  7. Jeff KingMar 26, 2007
  8. Eygene RyabinkinMar 27, 2007
  9. Bill LearMar 26, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoMar 26, 2007
  11. Eygene RyabinkinMar 27, 2007

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