Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:15:51 -0500 From: R0B_ROD <witchdoctor.mdf@gmail.com> To: Davide Italiano <davide@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: default pager (csh) Message-ID: <20150219011551.GA6719@k8-bsd.hsd1.ga.comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <CACYV=-GBD5FmnsQr=KC6Wc9qZ9UAFPQgPmNyS5Jr6Vs2G7dGjA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACYV=-GBD5FmnsQr=KC6Wc9qZ9UAFPQgPmNyS5Jr6Vs2G7dGjA@mail.gmail.com>
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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. -- Roberto Rodriguez Jr. Mach1ne Defense Foundati0n Systems Engineer 404.474.3997 "In bhakti there is no distinction between the lower or higher classes of people." -- Srila Prabhupada
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