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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/more default.morerc less.morerc macro.c most.morerc ncommand.c Makefile command.c input.c less.h lin
In-Reply-To: <19990904051709.B35895@mad> from Tim Vanderhoek at "Sep 4, 1999 05:17:09 am"
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Tim Vanderhoek writes:
> On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 11:12:39PM -0700, Dima Ruban wrote:
> > 
> > The thing is - you can get used to anything. I'm not exactly convinced that
> 
> Agreed!
> 
> 
> [I was __so__ tempted to limit my reply to those 4 lines, but.... :-]
> 
> > we need to change commands of some program (which is more or less standard in
> > UN*X) just because somebody thought that he would fell better if it would be
> > different. ``more'' is not ``vi'', mind you. It's not supposed to behave
> > the same.
> 
> Um, actually, it is supposed to behave the same.  See more(1).  And
> the 'N' command did not exist before Mark Nudleman's less was imported

I believe, it did exist in BSD 4.4 (I'm not sure about 4.3).

> as more.  Mark Nudleman has since seen the error of his original ways.
> I bet we have the only more in existence with 'N' mapped to "next file".
> Irix64 more(1) has something even more confusing: 'N' mapped to "toggle
> search direction".

No, not the only. BSDi has it, and I'm pretty sure there are more.

> 
> 
> -- 
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> 

-- dima


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