Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:18:39 -0800 From: Xin Li <delphij@delphij.net> To: R0B_ROD <witchdoctor.mdf@gmail.com>, Davide Italiano <davide@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: default pager (csh) Message-ID: <54E539EF.8030307@delphij.net> In-Reply-To: <20150219011551.GA6719@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net> References: <CACYV=-GBD5FmnsQr=KC6Wc9qZ9UAFPQgPmNyS5Jr6Vs2G7dGjA@mail.gmail.com> <20150219011551.GA6719@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net>
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On 02/18/15 17:15, R0B_ROD wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 03:18:26PM -0800, Davide Italiano wrote:
>> Hi, one of the first things I do when I install FreeBSD is to
>> switch the default PAGER from more(1) to less(1). This is
>> particularly convenient, e.g. while using git diff, to show
>> something more readable. Just out of curiosity, is there a reason
>> why more(1) is still the default, and/or is this just
>> historical?
>>
>> -- Davide
>>
>> "There are no solved problems; there are only problems that are
>> more or less solved" -- Henri Poincare
>
> Hello, I see its job being done very well. Its modular and its
> source code is elegant. Less is simply too much more. Simple is
> elegant.
Well,
[delphij@saturn] ~> ls -li /usr/bin/{less,more}
42063 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 152224 Feb 17 10:57 /usr/bin/less
42063 -r-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 152224 Feb 17 10:57 /usr/bin/more
Cheers,
- --
Xin LI <delphij@delphij.net> https://www.delphij.net/
FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! Live free or die
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