Post #3197841
2026-05-01 16:42 UTC
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@simontatham@hachyderm.io 2026-05-01 17:13
@minego@pdx.social ah, perhaps it's been fixed! I observed this in less 590, on Ubuntu 24.04. Also appears in less 551, on Debian bullseye. But less 668, on Ubuntu 26.04, doesn't do it any more.
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@simontatham@hachyderm.io 2026-05-01 17:15
@minego@pdx.social cancelling a search with backspace: I think I initially discovered it by accident. Changed my mind about what I wanted to search for; held down backspace to delete everything I'd already typed; if you hold it down for one repeat too long, you cancel the search operation completely. Then once you've done it by accident, you know it's a thing you can do on purpose too. I agree that it wouldn't be the obvious thing you'd try as a cancel button. Esc is a more obvious choice, or ^C on general Unix grounds, or ^G on emacs grounds (less is more vi-like, but it'd be worth a try). But it is at least somewhat discoverable because of the possibility of that accident.