"Shawn Walker" <binarycrusader at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 03/05/07, Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote:
> > "less" is a pain to use compared to "more", for this reason it should not
> > become
> > the default.
>
> That's extremely subjective. Personally, I hate "more." I never use
> it. I always change my PAGER to /usr/bin/less after setting up a
> Solaris installation. Not being able to use my cursor keys to scroll
> up and down, having some of the output stolen by the more prompt, and
> not having working page up and page down keys is infuriating.
>
> This whole case is about having a *better* default that most users
> would appreciate. I think most users would appreciate less as a
> default.
An enhanced "more" is easier to achieve than to fix all the bugs
in "less".
J?rg
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