[gentoo-user] less cannot work with emerge

[gentoo-user] less cannot work with emerge

[Xi Shen]

hi,

when i use emerge, there are too many packaged that they cannot
displayed in one screen. but i cannot use less to separate it into
pages. why? please help ;)


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Re: [gentoo-user] less cannot work with emerge

[Alan McKinnon]

On Friday 16 October 2009 14:05:33 Xi Shen wrote:
> hi,
> 
> when i use emerge, there are too many packaged that they cannot
> displayed in one screen. but i cannot use less to separate it into
> pages. why? please help ;)
> 

it works here for me.

Perhaps the color codes upset your terminal. try:

emerge --color n <atom> | less

or use more

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Re: [gentoo-user] less cannot work with emerge

[Alex Schuster]

Alan McKinnon writes:

> On Friday 16 October 2009 14:05:33 Xi Shen wrote:

> > when i use emerge, there are too many packaged that they cannot
> > displayed in one screen. but i cannot use less to separate it into
> > pages. why? please help ;)

Well, what happens if you try?

> it works here for me.

Same here.

> Perhaps the color codes upset your terminal. try:
> 
> emerge --color n <atom> | less
> 
> or use more

Or use most.

You could also use a terminal like konsole and increase the scrollback 
buffer. Or use screen inside a terminal, and increase the defscrollback in 
/etc/screenrc. Then Ctrl-A Esc, and PgUp to scroll back. Screen is a little 
confusing at first, but one of the most important tools, at least for me.

	Wonko

[gentoo-user] Re: less cannot work with emerge

[Peter Weilbacher]

On 16.10.2009 14:05, Xi Shen wrote:
> when i use emerge, there are too many packaged that they cannot
> displayed in one screen. but i cannot use less to separate it into
> pages. why? please help ;)

Be sure to pipe both stdout and stderr to less, i.e.
   emerge <options> 2>&1 | less
when you are using bash.
   P.

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: less cannot work with emerge

[Xi Shen]

i think screen or Peter's way saves me.

thanks guys ;)


On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Peter Weilbacher
<newsspam@weilbacher.org> wrote:
> On 16.10.2009 14:05, Xi Shen wrote:
>> when i use emerge, there are too many packaged that they cannot
>> displayed in one screen. but i cannot use less to separate it into
>> pages. why? please help ;)
>
> Be sure to pipe both stdout and stderr to less, i.e.
>   emerge <options> 2>&1 | less
> when you are using bash.
>   P.
>
>
>



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