From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SPPIz-0002Px-Uz for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 May 2012 02:28:38 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E853CE071D; Wed, 2 May 2012 02:28:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B47CE073C for ; Wed, 2 May 2012 02:26:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f53.google.com ([209.85.212.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SPPGt-002ZVL-8S for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 02 May 2012 09:26:27 +0700 Received: by vbbfc26 with SMTP id fc26so127775vbb.40 for ; Tue, 01 May 2012 19:26:23 -0700 (PDT) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.31.42 with SMTP id x10mr17959794vdh.33.1335925583925; Tue, 01 May 2012 19:26:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.237.14 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2012 19:26:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.220.237.14 with HTTP; Tue, 1 May 2012 19:26:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7D3305AC-916C-4244-889D-7718DE259CFB@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> References: <8C573D55-43CA-4450-9FB0-ED86AD58B7FB@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> <4FA02B00.4040806@orlitzky.com> <7D3305AC-916C-4244-889D-7718DE259CFB@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 09:26:22 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default user environments in /etc/profile.d/ From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=bcaec51ddd97e0532404bf0469d0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 8b9d526b-6f4e-43f8-be28-c13ce81bb347 X-Archives-Hash: c583d9bda98d681bff7439020edc0343 --bcaec51ddd97e0532404bf0469d0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On May 2, 2012 2:48 AM, "Stroller" wrote: > > > On 1 May 2012, at 19:27, Michael Orlitzky wrote: > > > On 05/01/2012 02:11 PM, Stroller wrote: > >> So /etc/profile contains the following message: > >> > >> # You should override these in your ~/.bashrc (or equivalent) for per-user > >> # settings. For system defaults, you can add a new file in /etc/profile.d/. > >> export EDITOR=${EDITOR:-/bin/nano} > >> export PAGER=${PAGER:-/usr/bin/less} > >> > >> Therefore I have created a plain text file /etc/profile.d/essential_defaults > >> > > > > First of all, use `eselect pager` =) > > Actually, if you look at the contents of my essential_defaults file, I'm not so interested in the pager as the MANPAGER setting. I find that after using `most` as my man-pager, it's quite horrible using `less` on a new system. For anything else, `less` is fine. > > Stroller. > > 'most' is for sissies ; I use vimmanpager for MANPAGER, and vimpager for PAGER. ;-) Rgds, --bcaec51ddd97e0532404bf0469d0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On May 2, 2012 2:48 AM, "Stroller" <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> On 1 May 2012, at 19:27, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
>
> > On 05/01/2012 02:11 PM, Stroller wrote:
> >> So /etc/profile contains the following message:
> >>
> >> # You should override these in your ~/.bashrc (or equivalent)= for per-user
> >> # settings. =C2=A0For system defaults, you can add a new file= in /etc/profile.d/.
> >> export EDITOR=3D${EDITOR:-/bin/nano}
> >> export PAGER=3D${PAGER:-/usr/bin/less}
> >>
> >> Therefore I have created a plain text file /etc/profile.d/ess= ential_defaults
> >>
> >
> > First of all, use `eselect pager` =3D)
>
> Actually, if you look at the contents of my essential_defaults file, I= 'm not so interested in the pager as the MANPAGER setting. I find that = after using `most` as my man-pager, it's quite horrible using `less` on= a new system. For anything else, `less` is fine.
>
> Stroller.
>
>

'most' is for sissies ; I use vimmanpager for MANPAGER, and vimp= ager for PAGER.=C2=A0 ;-)

Rgds,

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