From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1LQp8I-0007qE-PH for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:29:34 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQp8H-0007pd-3f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:29:33 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LQp8F-0007p3-Ku for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:29:32 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50329 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LQp8E-0007oy-Qm for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:29:30 -0500 Received: from gateway03.websitewelcome.com ([69.93.37.25]:53230) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LQp8E-0007Ek-AX for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 15:29:30 -0500 Received: (qmail 9915 invoked from network); 24 Jan 2009 20:49:26 -0000 Received: from gator297.hostgator.com (74.53.228.114) by gateway03.websitewelcome.com with SMTP; 24 Jan 2009 20:49:26 -0000 Received: from [67.185.177.95] (port=51852 helo=localhost) by gator297.hostgator.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1LQp87-0002Nb-Gj for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:29:23 -0600 Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 12:29:24 -0800 From: Colin D Bennett To: grub-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <20090124122924.3d971688@gibibit.com> In-Reply-To: <497B77AB.6070504@nic.fi> References: <20090124124715.GA17347@pina.cat> <20090124151137.GA28897@pina.cat> <497B77AB.6070504@nic.fi> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.14.7; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/.xb1TuQXdNAZV44Qvlnv31M"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - gator297.hostgator.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - gnu.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - gibibit.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: cat with pagination X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:29:33 -0000 --Sig_/.xb1TuQXdNAZV44Qvlnv31M Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:18:51 +0200 Vesa J=C3=A4=C3=A4skel=C3=A4inen wrote: > Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > > Hello, > >=20 > > On Jan/24/2009, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > >=20 > >> In Grub command line I really miss a cat with pagination (like > >> more/less). Any reason that it's not here? I don't remember if we > >> discussed it. Or it's there and I have not found. > >=20 > > I've just remembered set pager=3D1 and cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg :-) (from > > Grub console) > >=20 > > Maybe a "more" command that would setup the pager, cat and remove the > > pager would be interesting for people who doesn't know about pager? (so > > doing "TAB" would appear a new command) >=20 > Actually if we think about pager overall... it has a kinda failure also. > It doesn't support aborting the print. >=20 > There has been also a talk to enable pager=3D1 as a default. Which, as I recall, Okuji rejected because it could cause a unattended/non-interactive boot process to hang unexpectedly if too much output was produced for some reason. Perhaps the pager could default to being enabled whenever an interactive command line is in use, but default to disabled when the invoking command is not being executed from an interactive command line. This would be the most logical solution IMO. Regards, Colin --Sig_/.xb1TuQXdNAZV44Qvlnv31M Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkl7eiYACgkQokx8fzcGbYfpIwCfdxFOBdy8OgvxNWEnWkRddxmP la4An16jtj44epTml9BuD3yjRjgsCEmp =lJUv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/.xb1TuQXdNAZV44Qvlnv31M--