On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:18:24 +1030
Shane Ambler wrote:
On 20/02/2015 01:22, RW wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:16:59 -0600
Mike Karels wrote:
Trivia: the version of more on BSD systems actually is derived from
less, not the original version of more.
Actually, more is less
On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:41 AM, RW wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:18:24 +1030
Shane Ambler wrote:
On 20/02/2015 01:22, RW wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:16:59 -0600
Mike Karels wrote:
Trivia: the version of more on BSD systems actually is derived from
less, not the original version of
Jeffrey Bouquet jbt...@iherebuywisely.com wrote:
PAGER='cat'
alias man='env PAGER=lookat man $1'
No need to alias 'man', just set env MANPAGER.
From man man: (so good they named it twice etc.!)
-P pager
Use specified pager. Defaults to 'less -s' if color support is
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On 02/20/15 18:05, Warren Block wrote:
It doesn't do that on csh. Or maybe I figured out how to prevent
it long ago and forgot, but all I use is this:
setenv PAGER less -RS
You probably did what I used to do. Modify the
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Kevin Oberman wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote:
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Julian Elischer wrote:
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does
not
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear
screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences),
while less(1) when running as less does.
The less(1) behavior can be annoying to some people (sometimes even
myself when
On 19 Feb 2015, at 09:16, Julian Elischer jul...@freebsd.org wrote:
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear
screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences),
while less(1) when running as less does.
The
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 23:45:27 -0800, Kevin Oberman rkober...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Franco Fichtner fra...@lastsummer.de
wrote:
On 19 Feb 2015, at 02:27, Davide Italiano dav...@freebsd.org wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam McDougall
On 20/02/2015 01:22, RW wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:16:59 -0600
Mike Karels wrote:
Trivia: the version of more on BSD systems actually is derived from
less, not the original version of more.
Actually, more is less
$ md5 -r `which less ` `which more `
50404f1beaa4e1261407190a88494b59
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote:
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Julian Elischer wrote:
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear
screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences),
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Kevin Oberman rkober...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote:
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Julian Elischer wrote:
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 18:10:36 -0700 (MST) Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com
wrote
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Julian Elischer wrote:
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear
screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te'
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, RW wrote:
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:16:59 -0600
Mike Karels wrote:
Trivia: the version of more on BSD systems actually is derived from
less, not the original version of more.
Actually, more is less
Fortunately we don't set LESSOPEN by default
like some (most?)
On Wed, 18 Feb 2015 19:16:59 -0600
Mike Karels wrote:
Trivia: the version of more on BSD systems actually is derived from
less, not the original version of more.
Actually, more is less
$ md5 -r `which less ` `which more `
50404f1beaa4e1261407190a88494b59 /usr/bin/less
On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 07:46 +0100, Franco Fichtner wrote:
On 19 Feb 2015, at 02:27, Davide Italiano dav...@freebsd.org wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam McDougall mcdou...@egr.msu.edu
wrote:
The PAGER was less for about half a year and reverted. Please see:
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:16:55 -0800 Julian Elischer jul...@freebsd.org wrote
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear
screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences),
while less(1) when running as less does.
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Ian Lepore wrote:
On Thu, 2015-02-19 at 07:46 +0100, Franco Fichtner wrote:
On 19 Feb 2015, at 02:27, Davide Italiano dav...@freebsd.org wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam McDougall mcdou...@egr.msu.edu wrote:
The PAGER was less for about half a year and
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Daniel Eischen deisc...@freebsd.org
wrote:
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
Not as annoying as people who don't search the web for an answer for
things.
~ % export PAGER=less -X
everyone please stop crying over small changes, it really sucks.
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Julian Elischer wrote:
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear
screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences),
while less(1) when running as less does.
The less(1) behavior can be annoying
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
Not as annoying as people who don't search the web for an answer for things.
~ % export PAGER=less -X
everyone please stop crying over small changes, it really sucks.
Not sure what you are saying, but the question posed is changing
the default
On 2/19/15 9:04 AM, Chris H wrote:
On Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:16:55 -0800 Julian Elischer jul...@freebsd.org wrote
On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote:
The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear
screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences),
while
On 19 Feb 2015, at 02:27, Davide Italiano dav...@freebsd.org wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam McDougall mcdou...@egr.msu.edu wrote:
The PAGER was less for about half a year and reverted. Please see:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revisionrevision=242643
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Franco Fichtner fra...@lastsummer.de
wrote:
On 19 Feb 2015, at 02:27, Davide Italiano dav...@freebsd.org wrote:
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam McDougall mcdou...@egr.msu.edu
wrote:
The PAGER was less for about half a year and reverted. Please
Hi,
one of the first things I do when I install FreeBSD is to switch the
default PAGER from more(1) to less(1). This is particularly
convenient, e.g. while using git diff, to show something more
readable.
Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why more(1) is still the
default, and/or is this
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Great quote for the OP on the thread.
I for one would be for switching it to ‘less -M’ then it would respect a users
wish to use environment variables LESS and LESSPIPE but still carry the
traditional behavior.
On Feb 18, 2015, at 17:18, Davide
On Feb 18, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Xin Li delp...@delphij.net wrote:
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On 02/18/15 15:18, Davide Italiano wrote:
Hi, one of the first things I do when I install FreeBSD is to
switch the default PAGER from more(1) to less(1). This is
particularly
Kim Shrier k...@westryn.net wrote:
On Feb 18, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Xin Li delp...@delphij.net wrote:
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On 02/18/15 15:18, Davide Italiano wrote:
Hi, one of the first things I do when I install FreeBSD is to
switch the default PAGER from
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On 02/18/15 15:18, Davide Italiano wrote:
Hi, one of the first things I do when I install FreeBSD is to
switch the default PAGER from more(1) to less(1). This is
particularly convenient, e.g. while using git diff, to show
something more
The PAGER was less for about half a year and reverted. Please see:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revisionrevision=242643
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On 19 Feb 2015, at 00:41, Xin Li delp...@delphij.net wrote:
Other behavioral difference are trivial (or people care less to speak up).
more(1) with man(1) is suboptimal when skipping to the end it
quits the pager and one can't scroll back.
I use less(1) instead of more(1) on all systems I
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Adam McDougall mcdou...@egr.msu.edu wrote:
The PAGER was less for about half a year and reverted. Please see:
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revisionrevision=242643
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