Exiting ri on a mac terminal

Ruby
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Hi,
I’ve been avoiding using ri for my docs because when I type it I can’t
seem to exit out of it without closing terminal.

I’ve tried all the usual suspects like ctrl-c, ctrl-d, esc. Any ideas
on what I might be doing wrong?

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On Tue Sep 23 21:40:14 2008, Ruby F. wrote:

Hi,
I’ve been avoiding using ri for my docs because when I type it I can’t
seem to exit out of it without closing terminal.

I’ve tried all the usual suspects like ctrl-c, ctrl-d, esc. Any ideas
on what I might be doing wrong?

ri uses less(1), press q to exit.

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Fred P. wrote:

On Tue Sep 23 21:40:14 2008, Ruby F. wrote:

Hi,
I’ve been avoiding using ri for my docs because when I type it I can’t
seem to exit out of it without closing terminal.

I’ve tried all the usual suspects like ctrl-c, ctrl-d, esc. Any ideas
on what I might be doing wrong?

ri uses less(1), press q to exit.

That was it. Thanks!

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On Sep 23, 2008, at 5:31 PM, Ruby F. wrote:

Hi,
I’ve been avoiding using ri for my docs because when I type it I can’t
seem to exit out of it without closing terminal.

I’ve tried all the usual suspects like ctrl-c, ctrl-d, esc. Any ideas
on what I might be doing wrong?

q?

If you have a ‘:’ prompt, you’re in less (or your configured PAGER
program).

-Rob

Rob B. http://agileconsultingllc.com
[email protected]

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Try putting this line in your .bash_profile:

alias ri=‘ri -f ansi -T’

Much nicer behavior and display in Terminal. m.

I just put it in my .profile but didn’t notice any difference.

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On Sep 23, 2008, at 18:14 PM, matt neuburg wrote:

on what I might be doing wrong?

ri uses less(1), press q to exit.

That was it. Thanks!

Try putting this line in your .bash_profile:

alias ri=‘ri -f ansi -T’

Much nicer behavior and display in Terminal. m.

Better:

export RI=-T -f ansi

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Ruby F. [email protected] wrote:

That was it. Thanks!

Try putting this line in your .bash_profile:

alias ri=‘ri -f ansi -T’

Much nicer behavior and display in Terminal. m.