Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:45:56 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Enhancing the user experience with tcsh Message-ID: <4F35AC34.8010809@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <EA898119-89A3-4E40-B244-15BE880AFF07@mac.com> References: <CAF6rxgnebQUY8azv8fovQPkB%2BGgsQjaByZ6JwnNWjrM1hB65eQ@mail.gmail.com> <1328887627.38277.68.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <CAF6rxgmjQX%2B8hZVdjYBHJfonegavYhY_22gyVszpPvxhAKbvTA@mail.gmail.com> <4F359661.30704@FreeBSD.org> <EA898119-89A3-4E40-B244-15BE880AFF07@mac.com>
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on 11/02/2012 00:29 Chuck Swiger said the following: > On Feb 10, 2012, at 2:12 PM, Andriy Gapon wrote: >> I really hate the default behavior of less where you can't quit via ^C or via >> paging through the end of file. > > It's readily tunable, by setenv'ing LESS variable to contain some of: > > -e or --quit-at-eof > Causes less to automatically exit the second time it reaches end-of-file. By default, > the only way to exit less is via the "q" command. > > -E or --QUIT-AT-EOF > Causes less to automatically exit the first time it reaches end-of-file. > > -K or --quit-on-intr > Causes less to exit immediately when an interrupt character (usually ^C) is typed. > Normally, an interrupt character causes less to stop whatever it is doing and return to > its command prompt. Note that use of this option makes it impossible to return to the > command prompt from the "F" command. Exactly. So my larger point is that less and more are actually the same binary and whatever behavior a user prefers can be achieved via MORE or LESS. Neither of the default behaviors was satisfactory enough personally for me. -- Andriy Gapon
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