From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 19 01:18:41 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C849FD0; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 01:18:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from anubis.delphij.net (anubis.delphij.net [64.62.153.212]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "anubis.delphij.net", Issuer "StartCom Class 1 Primary Intermediate Server CA" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 10317A8; Thu, 19 Feb 2015 01:18:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zeta.ixsystems.com (unknown [12.229.62.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by anubis.delphij.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 509D124A82; Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:18:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=delphij.net; s=anubis; t=1424308720; x=1424323120; bh=q40MJ+DiU2fEdk36L/HgaWypZCaBkFU41bFeSKCAm5o=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:CC:Subject:References:In-Reply-To; b=4mKMwLGmjLhlCUtkAVj2MJi9DYxwfYhtVRLSyMjBL5RAQ3O/ZJ+PGfmslscMg85YD j1UUQ1Uje7ysStfaUFS7SjLt4m/hzKjy6geMQbceIIg76amim3GP9Tk5ofmvLbYMsc IimjsMeTFTWJMCasBPN5QX3wzOVGYBPO2weXd1ek= Message-ID: <54E539EF.8030307@delphij.net> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:18:39 -0800 From: Xin Li Reply-To: d@delphij.net Organization: The FreeBSD Project MIME-Version: 1.0 To: R0B_ROD , Davide Italiano Subject: Re: default pager (csh) References: <20150219011551.GA6719@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <20150219011551.GA6719@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 01:18:41 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 02/18/15 17:15, R0B_ROD wrote: > 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. Well, [delphij@saturn] ~> ls -li /usr/bin/{less,more} 42063 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 152224 Feb 17 10:57 /usr/bin/less 42063 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 152224 Feb 17 10:57 /usr/bin/more Cheers, - -- Xin LI https://www.delphij.net/ FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.1.1 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJU5TnsAAoJEJW2GBstM+nswOoQAKxFzjk3YPQ91q+DKrLnZQfH WnGBkIBm3CTg1tOnUoFUPvbl+SOcDt2TDm/0KjbdbRiqNn/mUICGCiEVGP7UBoTu DutxewReqrbYwHRpJtjkSd2wBSK62qIWmJ0LyWL/2unO4xD5Rdy/nzKvhHlW6Tjt xR2F/5laOBZNzpOuYHBo0hzKJbtU2xcs9R+9xexgy8Ggy18IW28KXfiCUvMQfZoH GlGl6Si2BTGwt0Z2YJwKWM5cVNv36BzaJp8jO5t1h/g4fQMGNrO/THyD2Q6t6Lqm fI4f4A616WUm88cLxZyvt0TaF1lHHyWJKmL3G/qWRxF6i8HCLEdE4Vw3kNc6j5Td S09FTtpi3tgnHfk/1Dz8sEwHsXcZ9NFu/4hohba2g6amAZlykkOoy7Y1a8HEWFJ9 ayzJS3t9s1vpd9L8I5VsxNSwhf1XL1nwr4umcYsQ9cN7Fup3mPsm76WP8EW1R2mV iFuFsP6OiUP1CAvYtEHLEeckQSYoTmLJArBnVJ6225b9Qh+yWSfXUOiZbCnsfgEv hHUEbIz4WCkgjdBIkxafm02nOuE6N2ZGEUWUwMCC10MWWp0WynlZtWTa+Ib00hRx Yi77XYIAEYX+KFbM5tok25EIcjXmN8E9fdmCEJg7Wt3egmjtmpjg7qG/Fzl4Xkbb /49zBRp2CzErbTSmXISA =Px9T -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----