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From: jpr@jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: WANTED: File scroller similar to less but with more features
Message-ID: <1991Feb23.183717.26164@jpradley.jpr.com>
Date: 23 Feb 91 18:37:17 GMT
References: <15904.27c2939a@levels.sait.edu.au>
Organization: NYC Public Unix
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In article <15904.27c2939a@levels.sait.edu.au> magrw@levels.sait.edu.au writes:
>
>I am looking for a file scroller similar to less, but with as many of the
>following features as possible:
>
>        (1)     CASE-INSENSITIVE string search
>
>        (2)     Intelligent usage of VT100 (and/or VT220) keys such as:
>                        (i)     Cursor keys for moving around the file
>                        (ii)    PrevScrn (instead of b)
>                        (iii)   NextScrn (instead of space bar)
>
>I need this to run on both a Sun SPARCserver 490 as well as a DECstation 5000
>(running Ultrix).

You don't state what revision of 'less' you are using. I have v.123 here, and
it does all the things you ask for.

I've run it on assorted versions of SCO XENIX, and on SCO UNIX 3.2.2

 Jean-Pierre Radley   NYC Public Unix   jpr@jpradley.jpr.com   CIS: 72160,1341


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