[ug-bosug] Is there a way to scroll "up" while reading man pages on Nevada?

[Moinak Ghosh]

Manish Chakravarty wrote:
>
> Hi BOSUG,
>
>  
>
> This might seem (and might even be!)  a stupid question, but is 
> relevant nonetheless.
>
>  
>
> I typically connect to Nevada boxes at work via PuTTy (windows) or 
> xterm (linux).
>
> I end up reading man pages remotely.
>
>  
>
> The problem is that I can only scroll down, not up L
>
>  
>
> This is problematic for large man pages. ( Eg rsync ), and I tend to 
> jump between pages/options a lot while trying to learn a new command.
>
>  
>
> Any tips? Can this be done ?
>

   Press 'B' to scroll back. Alternatively:  export PAGER=/usr/bin/less
   and user arrow keys in man.

Regards,
Moinak.

>  
>
> Thanks,
>
> Manish
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> ug-bosug mailing list
> List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org
> List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org
> List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54
>