[OpenIndiana-discuss] 'less' Esc sequences in peldoc output

Alexander Pyhalov alp at rsu.ru
Thu Apr 3 20:11:32 UTC 2014


Harry Putnam писал 03.04.2014 22:28:
> Running 151_a8 as guest in vbox vm on win 7 host
> 
> I get esc sequences in perldoc output that makes it hard to read.  A
> small sample is included at the end.
> 
> I vaguely remember having to make some kind of LANG or related
> variable adjustment in the past for this problem...
> 
> But cannot remember now what was done.
> 
> I am using less as pager.
> 
> Anyone know what needs to be adjusted so that the perldoc pages clear
> up?

Hello.
A bit of googling gives

export PERLDOC_PAGER='less -r'

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