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From: madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (Jim "Jack" Frost)
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Subject: Re: 'LESS' for MSDOS ?
Message-ID: <1075@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 1-Aug-87 19:19:42 EDT
Article-I.D.: bucsb.1075
Posted: Sat Aug  1 19:19:42 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 2-Aug-87 10:20:17 EDT
References: <310@petro.UUCP>
Reply-To: madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (Jim "Jack" Frost)
Organization: ODO (Organization for the Disorganization of Organization)
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Keywords: less MSDOS less utility

In article <310@petro.UUCP> cmanis@petro.UUCP (Cliff Manis) writes:
>.
>Does someone out there have 'LESS' working on MSDOS, or is someone
>working on it for DOS ? ?   If so, please send me a note.

I have a version of "more" that incorporates the basic features of
"less" except its ability to work on multiple files.  It is also much,
much faster than "less".  Unfortunately, it only runs under MS-DOS but
if you have a version of UNIX then you can use the other one anyway.

This program was written by me.  It is not public domain.  It is
copyrighted with unlimited distribution clauses.  Just don't strip out
the copyright and you can do with it what you want.

The program is written in Turbo Pascal.  There are two versions -- one
is written to use ANSI codes and therefore will run on just about any
machine you care to name.  The other has enhanced screen write
routines and runs like greased lightning.  Unfortunately it snows the
screen on CGA systems, but it's fast enough to make this a small
inconvenience (besides, it's usually fast enough to blur the image
when scrolling, so you can't read it anyway).  I didn't bother to put
in the delays necessary to avoid snowing because I don't have a color
screen so it doesn't affect me :-).

If anyone out there wants it, I have a uuencoded version of the
standard program online, as well as source if you want to play with
it.  It's not fantastically well written but I wanted a useful utility
not a class project.  The ANSI version operates somewhat differently
and is not yet online; I should have it online in just a few weeks.  I
have source, too (after all, I wrote the silly thing), but I will only
send that out to people who individually request it.  I'm trying to
keep distribution centralized.

Again, this is *not* "less".  It does not support many of the features
of "less".  It is simply a very, very fast paging utility that allows
backward scrolling.

The uuencoded version is not very long.  It has been posted before so
others will have it.  If you don't have uudecode but can get TPascal
(it *must* have Turbo because it's not real pascal :-) then I can send
you the source.

Interested parties?

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