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- From: scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons)
- Subject: Re: List of enhancements
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.150702.8249@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
- Organization: Inland Sea
- References: <1992Dec28.173925.21018@Princeton.EDU> <9212290918.AA12334@SERVER.uwindsor.ca>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 15:07:02 GMT
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- ophof@SERVER.uwindsor.ca (Scott Ophof) writes:
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- >On 28 Dec 1992 17:39:25 GMT bvaughan@sheps.Princeton.EDU (Barbara Vaughan) said:
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- >>less supports all of these wishes.
-
- >*INCLUDING* not "running off the end of the file"???
- >====================================================
- >If so, then please tell me where to get a copy; it isn't available
- >*here*... But it's useless to me if I need a sys admin to install
- >it for my own personal use. (um.. please do tell me anyway; I might
- >know someone who can be of some assistance.) :-)
-
- Yes, including not running off the end of the file. Speaking as a
- member of the elm development group, we long ago decided not to try
- and write an "all things to all people" pager. It seemed to us (and
- still seems to me) a better choice to follow the UNIX Way :-) and
- have specific separate tools for specific purposes, then allow people
- to use what they wish.
-
- My copy of less does everything you ask for. If your admin cannot
- find a copy, I'll mail you source (or SunOS 4.1.X executable). It
- works perfectly well installed in your own account. After using it
- you'll never go back to `more'.
- --
- "When Dexter's on the Internet, | "Make me taste like things I've never
- can Hell be far behind?" | tasted before!" Mr Peanut to Candied
- scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us | Bergen in `Caramel Knowledge'
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