That's a function of the xterm terminfo setup file you're using.  Try setting your
terminal type to "xterms-sun" or "xterm-sun".

-S

Christopher Gahlon wrote:
> 
> On the solaris boxen at work when I type: less filename
> less will page through the file and when I find the help/info I want I 
> just hit q and get dumped back to a prompt with the iformation I was 
> looking for still displayed so I can use it.
> 
> On all my Redhat 7.3 boxen when I type: less filename
> it displays the info but when I hit q it clears the info and I'm looking 
> at my previous screen before typeing the less command.
> 
> How do I get less to leave the info I was looking at on the screen so I 
> can use it?  (This behavior also annoyingly occurs in man as it uses 
> less as the pager)
> 
> Chris Gahlon
> 
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