Ruby Fan <jody.glidden / gmail.com> wrote: > Fred Phillips wrote: > > On Tue Sep 23 21:40:14 2008, Ruby Fan 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! Try putting this line in your .bash_profile: alias ri='ri -f ansi -T' Much nicer behavior and display in Terminal. m. -- matt neuburg, phd = matt / tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ Leopard - http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/leopard-customizing.html AppleScript - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596102119 Read TidBITS! It's free and smart. http://www.tidbits.com