--- a/configure.in	Sun Apr 28 10:12:19 1996 +0000
+++ b/configure.in	Sun Apr 28 10:42:14 1996 +0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 ### along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
 ### Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.192 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.193 $)
 AC_PREREQ(2.9)
 AC_INIT(src/octave.cc)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -626,12 +626,12 @@
 AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_HEADER_SYS_WAIT
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(assert.h float.h floatingpoint.h limits.h memory.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(pwd.h stdlib.h string.h unistd.h varargs.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/fcntl.h sys/param.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(sys/stat.h sys/time.h sys/times.h sys/utsname.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(termios.h termio.h sgtty.h)
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS(termcap.h curses.h)
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS(assert.h curses.h fcntl.h float.h floatingpoint.h \
+		 limits.h memory.h pwd.h sgtty.h stdlib.h string.h \
+		 sys/param.h sys/resource.h sys/select.h sys/stat.h \
+		 sys/time.h sys/times.h sys/types.h sys/utsname.h \
+		 termcap.h termio.h termios.h unistd.h varargs.h) 
 
 if test "$ac_cv_header_termios_h" = yes \
     || test "$ac_cv_header_termio_h" = yes \
@@ -669,11 +669,13 @@
 
 ### Checks for functions and variables.
 
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(setvbuf getcwd gethostname bzero bcopy rindex vfprintf vsprintf)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(stricmp strnicmp strcasecmp strncasecmp strerror atexit)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(on_exit tempnam memmove putenv strdup)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(mkdir rmdir rename umask)
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(sigaction sigprocmask sigpending sigsuspend)
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS(atexit bcopy bzero dup2 execvp fcntl fork getcwd \
+	       gethostname getpgrp getpid getppid lstat memmove \
+	       mkdir mkfifo on_exit pipe putenv rename rindex rmdir \
+	       setvbuf sigaction sigpending sigprocmask sigsuspend \
+	       stat strcasecmp strdup strerror stricmp strncasecmp \
+	       strnicmp tempnam umask unlink vfprintf vsprintf \
+	       waitpid)
 
 OCTAVE_SMART_PUTENV
 OCTAVE_PROGRAM_INVOCATION_NAME
@@ -848,6 +850,7 @@
 
 AC_TYPE_MODE_T
 AC_TYPE_OFF_T
+AC_TYPE_PID_T
 AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
 AC_TYPE_UID_T
 AC_CHECK_TYPE(dev_t, short)
@@ -964,9 +967,6 @@
 AC_CHECK_PROGS(DEFAULT_PAGER, less more page pg, [])
 if test -z "$DEFAULT_PAGER"; then
   AC_MSG_WARN([I couldn't find `less', `more', `page', or `pg'])
-elif test "$DEFAULT_PAGER" = less; then
-  DEFAULT_PAGER="less -e"
-  AC_MSG_RESULT([defining DEFAULT_PAGER to be $DEFAULT_PAGER])
 fi
 
 ### Even though we include config.h, we need to have the preprocessor

--- a/src/pager.cc	Sun Apr 28 10:12:19 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/pager.cc	Sun Apr 28 10:42:14 1996 +0000
@@ -309,6 +309,44 @@
   return retval;
 }
 
+static string
+default_pager (void)
+{
+  string pager_binary;
+
+  char *pgr = getenv ("PAGER");
+
+  if (pgr)
+    pager_binary = string (pgr);
+#ifdef DEFAULT_PAGER
+  else
+    {
+      pager_binary = string (DEFAULT_PAGER);
+
+      if (pager_binary == "less")
+	{
+	  pager_binary.append (" -e");
+
+	  if (! getenv ("LESS"))
+	    pager_binary.append
+	      (" -P-- less ?pB(%pB\%):--. (f)orward, (b)ack, (q)uit$");
+	}
+    }
+#endif
+
+  return pager_binary;
+}
+
+void
+symbols_of_pager (void)
+{
+  DEFVAR (PAGER, default_pager (), 0, sv_pager_binary,
+    "path to pager binary");
+
+  DEFVAR (page_screen_output, 1.0, 0, page_screen_output,
+    "if possible, send output intended for the screen through the pager");
+}
+
 /*
 ;;; Local Variables: ***
 ;;; mode: C++ ***

--- a/src/pager.h	Sun Apr 28 10:12:19 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/pager.h	Sun Apr 28 10:42:14 1996 +0000
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@
 
 extern pid_t octave_pager_pid;
 
+extern void symbols_of_pager (void);
+
 #endif
 
 /*

--- a/src/variables.cc	Sun Apr 28 10:12:19 1996 +0000
+++ b/src/variables.cc	Sun Apr 28 10:42:14 1996 +0000
@@ -353,23 +353,6 @@
 }
 
 string
-default_pager (void)
-{
-  string pager_binary;
-
-  char *pgr = getenv ("PAGER");
-
-  if (pgr)
-    pager_binary = string (pgr);
-#ifdef DEFAULT_PAGER
-  else
-    pager_binary = string (DEFAULT_PAGER);
-#endif
-
-  return pager_binary;
-}
-
-string
 maybe_add_default_load_path (const string& pathstring)
 {
   string std_path = subst_octave_home (OCTAVE_FCNFILEPATH);
@@ -1614,9 +1597,6 @@
   DEFCONSTX ("OCTAVE_VERSION", SBV_OCTAVE_VERSION, OCTAVE_VERSION, 0, 0,
     "Octave version");
 
-  DEFVAR (PAGER, default_pager (), 0, sv_pager_binary,
-    "path to pager binary");
-
   DEFVAR (PS1, "\\s:\\#> ", 0, sv_ps1,
     "primary prompt string");
 
@@ -1748,9 +1728,6 @@
   DEFVAR (output_precision, 5.0, 0, set_output_precision,
     "number of significant figures to display for numeric output");
 
-  DEFVAR (page_screen_output, 1.0, 0, page_screen_output,
-    "if possible, send output intended for the screen through the pager");
-
   DEFCONST (pi, 4.0 * atan (1.0), 0, 0,
     "ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter");
 
@@ -1871,6 +1848,7 @@
   install_builtin_variables_7 ();
   install_builtin_variables_8 ();
 
+  symbols_of_pager ();
   symbols_of_syscalls ();
 }