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- ****************** "A better more" Version 2.0, (C) 1993 Stephen Lacy
-
- Welcome to the wonderful world of a better more! Have you
- ever noticed that that the version of the program "more" that
- comes with OS/2 2.x is just plain slow. Are you tired of
- watching your characters be drawn at 1200 baud? Well, now
- you've got a better more, so you can browse with ease. A
- better more is a premium file browser, small in size,
- medium in features, and enormous in speed.
-
- (Use the arrow keys to scroll this message)
-
- ********************************** Major features of this program:
-
- You don't have to type "<" just to more a file (as in the "more" that
- came with OS/2 2.x) All you do is type the filename as the first
- argument, and things will work just fine.
-
- Speed, speed and even more speed. Yes, the whole purpose of this
- program is to make looking at files faster. Speed is the essence!
-
- ************************************ Features added in version 2.0:
-
- Well, it was a complete re-write, so its even faster than before.
- Yes, faster.
-
- Backscrolling!! Yes, you can scroll back through the file. Its fast!
-
- Cursor key usage: You can use the cursor keys along with PgUp and PgDn
- to scroll around. Its a beauty!
-
- You can specify multiple files on the command line. This feature is
- fairly un-tested, and thats why this program is "beta-code" Basically
- meaning that I would like to hear about bugs, but unfortunately can't
- promise anything.
-
- There are other things that have changed, in an effort
- to make the program better for everyone, but they're
- just not in this release. These features would be:
- Being able to set the colors to whatever you like.
- Being able to search forward and backward.
- Being able to use wildcards.
-
- Source code! Yes, you too can look at the source code for a better
- more. Enjoy it, and may all your Vio calls be happy.
-
- ************************************** How to install this program:
-
- Assume we've unzipped this file, along with the executables into the
- directory c:\dl\more20.
-
- Option 1: Put more.exe in a directory thats currently on your path,
- before the entry "C:\OS2"
-
- Option 2: rename or delete C:\OS2\MORE.COM and copy
- C:\DL\MORE20\MORE.EXE to C:\OS2
-
- Option 3: Add the directory C:\DL\MORE20 to your path, before the
- entry for C:\OS2
-
- Option 4: Do whatever else you like!
-
- ****************************************** How to use this program:
-
- If you specify an argument, more will read that file as input,
- otherwise it will read in from standard input, making it possible to
- pipe output from other programs through more.
-
- At the "-- More --" prompt, you can do a few different things:
-
- Press 'q' or 'Q' to quit.
- Press either Down Arrow, Enter, or "f" to scroll down four lines.
- Press either "b" or Up Arrow to scroll up four lines.
- Press either "PgDn" or Spacebar to scroll down one screenful.
- Press "PgUp" to scroll up one screenful.
-
- *********************************************************************
-
- Enjoy a better more, version 2.0b. If you'd like to contact me, I'll
- welcome any comments, suggestions, code improvements, or you just want
- to talk, drop me a line. If you use the source for more, let me know,
- I'm interested. You can reach me (before May 15, 1994) at:
-
- sl31@andrew.cmu.edu
- slacy@maps.cs.cmu.edu
- sneef@cmu.edu
-
- Regular Mail:
-
- Stephen Lacy
- 5308 Beeler Street
- Pittsburgh, PA 15217
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