Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 19:19:14 -0600 (MDT) From: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com> To: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk> Cc: small@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 'more' has gone from the 5.x/4.x sources. more is less Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007011914390.25330-100000@workhorse.iMach.com> In-Reply-To: <395DB4AF.33316E1A@cs.strath.ac.uk>
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Is there a reason why we can't just write a 10 line version of more and
include it in the shell or include it in tinyware?
Ala:
(buggy pseudocode follows)
if argc==1 then open file described by argv[1] otherwise use STDIN.
while (!eof)
{
line++;
read from file;
is line modulus 24==0?
if yes, print more prompt and wait for keystroke
}
close file if opened.
Even more seems like overkill. After, all we REALLY need is a pager. If
we need more, use ee.
Just curious, is there a "tinyer" version of vi floating around? (Yes I
am a vi addict - I even use it under windows).
On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, Roger Hardiman wrote:
> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 10:06:55 +0100
> From: Roger Hardiman <roger@cs.strath.ac.uk>
> To: small@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: 'more' has gone from the 5.x/4.x sources. more is less
>
> Hi,
>
> The 'more' command has now been removed from the FreeBSD 5.x and 4.x
> source tree (was /src/usr.bin/more)
>
> The main FreeBSD source is now using GNU 'less' which is now part of the
> main source tree at /usr/src/contrib/less.
>
> There is a symbolic link created for 'more' which maps it to less.
>
>
> What do we want to do with PicoBSD which puts 'more' on a
> few disks.
>
> We can
> a) use the new 'less' which is a little _bigger_ than 'more'
> b) copy the old BSD 'more' over to Tinyware and keep using it there?
> c) make PicoBSD get the new port '44BSD-more' which is the old more
> source.
> but that means we always have to link in a port with PicoBSD
>
> I'm trying to get PicoBSD on 4.x working ready for the 4.1
> release, and this has beome my next problem to resolve.
>
> Roger
> --
> Roger Hardiman
> Strathclyde Uni Telepresence Research Group, Glasgow, Scotland.
> http://www.telepresence.strath.ac.uk 0141 548 2897
> roger@cs.strath.ac.uk
>
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- Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE
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