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From: Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default user environments in /etc/profile.d/
Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 19:43:48
Message-Id: 7D3305AC-916C-4244-889D-7718DE259CFB@stellar.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default user environments in /etc/profile.d/ by Michael Orlitzky
1 On 1 May 2012, at 19:27, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
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3 > On 05/01/2012 02:11 PM, Stroller wrote:
4 >> So /etc/profile contains the following message:
5 >>
6 >> # You should override these in your ~/.bashrc (or equivalent) for per-user
7 >> # settings. For system defaults, you can add a new file in /etc/profile.d/.
8 >> export EDITOR=${EDITOR:-/bin/nano}
9 >> export PAGER=${PAGER:-/usr/bin/less}
10 >>
11 >> Therefore I have created a plain text file /etc/profile.d/essential_defaults
12 >>
13 >
14 > First of all, use `eselect pager` =)
15
16 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.
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18 Stroller.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Setting default user environments in /etc/profile.d/ Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>