That's a function of the xterm terminfo setup file you're using. Try setting your terminal type to "xterms-sun" or "xterm-sun". -S Christopher Gahlon wrote: > > On the solaris boxen at work when I type: less filename > less will page through the file and when I find the help/info I want I > just hit q and get dumped back to a prompt with the iformation I was > looking for still displayed so I can use it. > > On all my Redhat 7.3 boxen when I type: less filename > it displays the info but when I hit q it clears the info and I'm looking > at my previous screen before typeing the less command. > > How do I get less to leave the info I was looking at on the screen so I > can use it? (This behavior also annoyingly occurs in man as it uses > less as the pager) > > Chris Gahlon > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >