On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 12:01:08PM +0100, Benno Schulenberg wrote:
> When a terminal has more than 24 rows, the rows above the help text
> (shown by typing 'h' or '?') were still those of the displayed file.
> That could make it hard to notice that the two lines above the first
> row of dashes belonged to the help text, not to the displayed file.
This is a misunderstanding. By default, more(1) is in scroll mode, and
the help output is added to the display. Therefore, it is expected
that you see data from the file as well as the help text. You need to
use -c or -p to clear the screen before it prints the help text.
Karel
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