Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 19:17:00 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/more prim.c Message-ID: <20000521191659.C11540@mad> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005211805270.54798-100000@green.dyndns.org>; from Brian Fundakowski Feldman on Sun, May 21, 2000 at 06:20:24PM -0400 References: <20000521174623.A10303@mad> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005211805270.54798-100000@green.dyndns.org>
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On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 06:20:24PM -0400, Brian Fundakowski Feldman wrote: > > > I agree, but this commit kinda breaks reading short files when -e is > > specified. It probably also breaks tags and searches in some > > instances, but I didn't bother testing. It needs to be done differently. > > I don't see any differences here, actually. Look closer. :-) Compare before and after when viewing a 5 line file with the -e option. The "...skipping..." is sometimes needed. > It happens all the time in X terminals, and is extremely distracting when > scrolling around since it makes everything jump up and down. I think this > is a good idea (the heuristic), as it would solve the problem pretty well. Noted. > that it doesn't help. It's also undocumented... maybe we should look > at what some of the other pagers do? less implies the -c option when it redraws the screen for a short file (my planned solution). most uses a full screen regardless. An alternate solution is to uses cursor addressing / movement, if possible, to simply redraw the affected parts of the screen when viewing a short file (and related tags and search cases). Some people may prefer this solution. -- Signature withheld by request of author. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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