"less" annoyance, filters html source

[Dennis Kibbe]

On Wednesday 04 December 2002 08:47 am, you wrote:
> The "less" program that comes with Mandrake 9 how attempts to "render"
> html files instead of showing the source.  It says you can append ':' to
> the filename to suppress the filter -- which works -- but does anyone have
> a clue how to override it permanently?  The 'info' and 'man' pages don't
> give a hint.
>
> \\/
>

When you install Debian 3.0 there is a question that asks if you want to 
associate "less" with MIME types. This sounds like what Mandrake is doing 
automatically. Maybe this will give you a clue what to change.

Dennis Kibbe