Re: less bug

[Liviu.Daia () IMAR RO (Liviu Daia)]

On 26 March 2000, Ribeiro, Paulo <prrar () NITNET COM BR> wrote:
> Hi, everyone.
>
> Some time ago, I was playing with less (used by man) and I've found out
> this:
>
> When, in console, I ask:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux linux.prrar.net 2.2.5-15 #1 Mon Apr 19 22:21:09 EDT 1999 i586
> unknown
> $ rpm -q less
> less-332-6
> $ less file
> (...)
> (press Print Scrn)
> fileQuit (core dumped)
[...]
> Any idea?

[daia@euler/~]> showkey
kb mode was XLATE

press any key (program terminates after 10s of last keypress)...
keycode  28 release

        (press Print Screen here)

keycode  99 press
keycode  99 release

[daia@euler/~]> zgrep 99 /usr/lib/kbd/keymaps/i386/qwerty/defkeymap.map.gz
keycode  99 = Control_backslash
        control keycode  99 = Control_backslash
        alt     keycode  99 = Control_backslash

[daia@euler/~]> stty -a | grep '\^\\'
intr = ^C; quit = ^\; erase = ^H; kill = ^U; eof = ^D; eol = <undef>;
           ^^^^^^^^^

    Surprise: less dies when you send it a SIGQUIT.

    Regards,

    Liviu Daia

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