Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 00:16:55 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: d@delphij.net, Davide Italiano <davide@freebsd.org>, freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: default pager (csh) Message-ID: <54E59BF7.40207@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <54E5232F.3060409@delphij.net> References: <CACYV=-GBD5FmnsQr=KC6Wc9qZ9UAFPQgPmNyS5Jr6Vs2G7dGjA@mail.gmail.com> <54E5232F.3060409@delphij.net>
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On 2/18/15 3:41 PM, Xin Li wrote: > > The _only_ reason that I can think of is that more(1) does not clear > screen for certain terminals (done with 'ti' and 'te' sequences), > while less(1) when running as less does. > > The less(1) behavior can be annoying to some people (sometimes even > myself when using less to show contents of a file and ^Z to paste > them), and unfortunately quite a few of them also happen to be the > more vocal ones when it comes to a change. I find that behaviour infuriating I page down to a place to get some text on the screen to use as a reference, then exit to run a command with that information, and *bam* the info I wanted to use has gone away.
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