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A comment on Assorted Less(1) Tips. Parent comment

Re:Assorted Less(1) Tips by vbezhenar on Friday January 02, 2026 @04:10PM (#46469379)
> Less provides an alternative of <C-x> to stop following, but that is intercepted by most shells.

WoW, thanks a lot! That was my pain for many years. C-x works in Gnome Console just fine.

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Re:Assorted Less(1) Tips by mananaysiempre on Friday January 02, 2026 @04:16PM (#46469461)
Funnily enough, it literally tells you right there on the bottom line: “Waiting for data... (^X or interrupt to abort)”. No shame in not noticing, just another case of blindness to long-familliar messages I guess.
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