Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!danj1 From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc Subject: Re: WANTED: File scroller similar to less but with more features Message-ID: Date: 21 Feb 91 02:54:53 GMT References: <15904.27c2939a@levels.sait.edu.au> Sender: danj1@cbnewse.att.com (Dan Jacobson) Reply-To: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Organization: AT&T-BL, Naperville IL, USA Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: magrw@levels.sait.edu.au's message of 20 Feb 91 15:19:53 GMT >>>>> On 20 Feb 91 15:19:53 GMT, magrw@levels.sait.edu.au said: magrw> (1) CASE-INSENSITIVE string search perhaps check out GNU Emacs view mode. magrw> (2) Intelligent usage of VT100 (and/or VT220) keys such as: magrw> (i) Cursor keys for moving around the file magrw> (ii) PrevScrn (instead of b) magrw> (iii) NextScrn (instead of space bar) In GNU Emacs you can bind the keys every which way, for me Keypad 8 = up one screen. Keypad 2 =down 1 screen. I do admit that I havent got around to doing "emacs -f functionX *" vs. "less *", where functionX makes view mode the default mode... etc. -- Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM Naperville IL USA +1 708-979-6364