Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:57:33 GMT From: def1@iname.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: more stuff Message-ID: <200101051557.PAA15853@groggy.anc.acsalaska.net>
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a pager is kind of an important utility in an OS, and the "more" utility bundled with FBSD seems to be lacking in some fundamental and critical ways: 1. a pathname longer than 79 chars causes "more" to keep the top lines of a file scrolled off the top of the screen cuz the pathname takes more than one line at the bottom of the screen. the pathname should either: a) be truncated to 1 line, or b) "more"'s internal representation of the screen should be decreased by the appropriate number of lines. "more" as is is basically useless if a pathname is over 79 chars. 2. "more"'s search algorithm is way way slow. it takes forever to search for a string in a file of any length. what takes grep a second takes more 5-10 minutes or more. 3. it would be nice if "more"'s "View" function could make use of standard mailcap, instead of only relying on the EDITOR env variable, so if "*.html" was currently displayed, lynx could be launched or something. just some stuff that's kinda been annoying for a few years. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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