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[Xin Li]

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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 at 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,
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Xin LI <delphij at delphij.net>    https://www.delphij.net/
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