default pager (csh)

R0B_ROD witchdoctor.mdf at gmail.com
Thu Feb 19 01:15:14 UTC 2015


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.

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Roberto Rodriguez Jr.
Mach1ne Defense Foundati0n
Systems Engineer
404.474.3997

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