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From: subbarao@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Kartik Subbarao)
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Subject: Re: Background writes in csh
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Date: 21 Sep 90 21:15:19 GMT
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>More(1) is the problem here.  I have not quite figured it out, but I had a 
>similar problem when my users would type:  history | more and it would do
>the same thing.  When they use history | less  it works every time.  I
>really hate it when people come on and say "use this tool instead" but in
>this instance, it really is the only way I was able to work around the
>problem.  It is immaterial that less is better than more (IMHO), in this 
>instance it makes things work.
>
>		-- Gordon.

I've been meaning to switch over to less so many times, but only ONE thing
stopped me. It appears superior in many ways, but for one annoying 
inconvenience (IMHO). At the very end of the article, you HAVE to type q
to quit. With more, I just hit the spacebar as the last screenfull pours
over my screen and that's it. Does any body have any suggestions as to how
I can make less behave like more?

			-Kartik



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