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Dissapearing man page text is a bonus
Authored by: makip on Sep 20, '04 09:37:39AM

I always considered the dissapearing man page text as a feature. It allows me to see my previous command line history prior to the man invocation - which is the behavior I want most of the time.

If I wanted to keep the man page text available as a reference, I have always been in the habit of hitting ctrl-n for a new term window, and then typing man command

This is more flexible as a reference, it allows quick key presses to navigate the man page, and you can have your other terminal along side to construct the command you're typing, with its man page there as a reference.

And as a previous poster has mentioned, less has improved searching abilities to more.



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Dissapearing man page text is a bonus
Authored by: osxpounder on Sep 20, '04 11:53:59AM

I'm puzzled a bit, because for me, when I type "man bash" in iTerm, I get the ability to use the "page up" and "page down" keys on my keyboard already .... it just works.

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