Re: getting a modern `more`

[Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com>]

Sami Kerola wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 00:12, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.dubbs@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Does anyone still use 'more'?  The only thing needed is a symlink to 'less':
>> http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/
> 
> I do.
> 
>> Are there any distros that don't provide 'less' by default?
>>
>> What value added does 'more' provide?
> 
> It does not clear screen when 'q' is pressed, which is the main reason
> I sometime choose to use more.

"COMPATIBILITY WITH MORE
   If  the  environment  variable LESS_IS_MORE is set to 1, or if the
   program is invoked via a file link named "more", less behaves
   (mostly) in  conformance  with  the  POSIX "more" command
   specification."

>> I'd think development time would be
>> better used elsewhere.  To me, 'more' was developed in the era of paper
>> terminals (e.g. Teletype) and it is time to retire it.
> 
> I appreciate highly when someone volunteers to maintain & develop
> something superficially old and obsolete. Earlier one might have said
> that why bother to make vi better now when emacs is so great, which
> lead eventually to vim. Who knows how much better more might be in
> future in comparison to less if people who like it have change of
> making it such.

You have a point here, but I would certainly suggest that the volunteer 
start with the most robust current software.  Of course there is nothing 
wrong with reviewing the older code for missing features.

   -- Bruce