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> Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-02-12 18:33, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
>> Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-02-11 09:44, R Daneel Olivaw wrote:
>> From the "man" page:
> 
> ....
> 
>> SUSE (and openSUSE) appear to be outliers here, here is a complaint from
>> 2014: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/116395/less-searches-are-
>> always-case-insensitive
> 
> Why did he not ask on the openSUSE mail list? He would have found the
> reason at least. I was there, too. Same as I found out how it was done I
> would have found 10 years ago.
> 
>> https://linuxhandbook.com/search-less-command/ and
>> https://linuxopsys.com/less-command-cheat-sheet
>> are clearly using other distributions and they claim things work the way
>> "man less" documents them.
>> 
>> You identified the
>>  LESS='-M -I -R'
>> line and that is to be the problem. The other two options make perfect
>> sense.
>> I edited .profile, specifying
>>  export LESS="-M -R"
>> and that changed the behaviour (after a reboot). Thank you.
> 
> 
> You can ask in the mail list and reach the people that did this (unless
> they are no longer there or died or something). Or, directly create a
> bugzilla asking that the action be reversed.
> 
> --
> Cheers, Carlos.




Where does one access the mail list? 


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Text-Searching in "less" R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2025-02-11 09:44 +0100
  Re: Text-Searching in "less" "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-11 13:41 +0100
    Re: Text-Searching in "less" marrgol <marrgol@address.invalid> - 2025-02-11 15:00 +0100
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    Re: Text-Searching in "less" R Daneel Olivaw <Danny@hyperspace.vogon.gov> - 2025-02-12 18:33 +0100
      Re: Text-Searching in "less" "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-02-12 19:28 +0100
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