From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1HwYiU-0007b6-9a for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:17:02 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwYiT-0007Yz-0E for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:17:01 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HwYiQ-0007VP-82 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:16:59 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HwYiQ-0007V4-1o for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:16:58 -0400 Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl ([194.109.24.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HwYiP-0005zA-C6 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:16:57 -0400 Received: from localhost.localdomain (249-174.surfsnel.dsl.internl.net [145.99.174.249]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l587GrOH071212 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 09:16:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mgerards@xs4all.nl) From: Marco Gerards To: The development of GRUB 2 References: <466A581F.4060504@raulete.net> <87ps4a5kbo.fsf@xs4all.nl> <20070607172549.GA24117@aragorn> Mail-Copies-To: mgerards@xs4all.nl Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:23:04 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20070607172549.GA24117@aragorn> (Robert Millan's message of "Thu, 7 Jun 2007 19:25:49 +0200") Message-ID: <87wsye52qv.fsf@xs4all.nl> User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner X-detected-kernel: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 Subject: Re: pager (Re: grub2 miscelanea questions (1/2)) X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 07:17:01 -0000 Robert Millan writes: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 08:26:35PM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: >> > 5.1) pager >> > ------------- >> > >> > When I want to do a big ls the output does not stop screen by screen... >> > Is there any hidden pager that I do not know? >> > Maybe is not implemented yet? >> >> set pager=1 >> >> It just isn't documented :-/ > > How come it isn't default? Is there any drawback to this? Yes, it's very annoying sometimes. You have to press a key very often when there is lots of text. And people are used to the behavior to keep scrolling. How about setting it to 0 by default, so it shows up when you list the variables. Currently it just doesn't exist. -- Marco