[arch-general] howto set [backspace] for previous page for man pages and less?

Alessandro Doro ordo.ad at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 06:37:26 EDT 2009


On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 11:43:44PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
> 	I am trying to find the [backspace] key definition so I can change it to make
> the backspace key function as the key for [previous page] in both less and for
> man pages. Does any body know where Arch sets this? Thanks.

$ lesskey -
\b	back-screen
^?	back-screen

Press Ctrl-D to end input.
Note: you have to generate "^?" pressing Ctrl-V then backspace.

Hope this helps.
For further info see the lesskey manual.


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