Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA From: cottrell@nbs-vms.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: more Message-ID: <8350@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 20-Feb-85 12:33:24 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8350 Posted: Wed Feb 20 12:33:24 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 24-Feb-85 04:21:51 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 17 /* Doug Gwyn writes... > Exactly right. "more" is a great example of poor UNIX software design. > To their everlasting discredit, AT&T cranked out a "more" look-alike > called "pg" in UNIX System V Release 2.0. > > "Software tools for software fools" Am I really reading this? How can you live without more? Do you object to the specific implementation or the general idea. The first thing I did when I became a user on V6 was hack up (as I am a dedicated amatuer hacker) a version of more. Living without csh was tough, tho. jim "more kooks, less nukes!" */