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Change less (pager) default options

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Mar 15, 20266235 views
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Problem

I'm using Ubuntu 10.04. My default pager(set using update-alternatives, not $PAGER) is less. The problem is, when I use ri(Ruby documentation tool) with the '-f ansi' mode, less shows the escape sequences(such as 'ESC[36m') instead of displaying the text in color. I can force it to show colors by m…

Error Output

ri -f ansi String | less -R

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Fix for: Change less (pager) default options

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I found the answer somewhere else. I needed to use to set up less's options: Then Ctrl+d did the trick. I'm still not sure why less ignores $LESS though.

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