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From: R0B_ROD <witchdoctor.mdf@gmail.com>
To: Davide Italiano <davide@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: default pager (csh)
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 03:18:26PM -0800, 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
> readable.
> Just out of curiosity, is there a reason why more(1) is still the
> default, and/or is this just historical?
> 
> -- 
> Davide
> 
> "There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are more
> or less solved" -- Henri Poincare

Hello,
I see its job being done very well. Its modular and 
its source code is elegant. Less is simply too much more.
Simple is elegant.

--
Roberto Rodriguez Jr.
Mach1ne Defense Foundati0n
Systems Engineer
404.474.3997

"In bhakti there is no distinction between the lower or higher
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