Index: octave-3.2.4/scripts/startup/main-rcfile
===================================================================
--- octave-3.2.4.orig/scripts/startup/main-rcfile	2011-01-02 16:50:10.000000000 +0100
+++ octave-3.2.4/scripts/startup/main-rcfile	2011-01-02 16:50:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 				  filesep, "inputrc"));
 
 if (strcmp (PAGER (), "less") && isempty (getenv ("LESS")))
-  PAGER_FLAGS ('-e -X -P"-- less ?pB(%pB\\%):--. (f)orward, (b)ack, (q)uit$"');
+  PAGER_FLAGS ('-E');
 endif
 
 ## This appears here instead of in the pkg/PKG_ADD file so that --norc