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From: martyl@rocksvax.UUCP (Marty Leisner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: 'LESS' for MSDOS ? -- or some other file browser
Message-ID: <220@rocksvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Aug-87 09:56:49 EDT
Article-I.D.: rocksvax.220
Posted: Wed Aug  5 09:56:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 8-Aug-87 05:31:58 EDT
References: <310@petro.UUCP> <1021@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: martyl@rocksvax.UUCP (Marty Leisner)
Organization: Xerox: Henrietta, NY
Lines: 28
Keywords: less MSDOS less utility
Xref: mnetor comp.sys.ibm.pc:6405 comp.os.minix:1397

In article <1021@mtunb.ATT.COM> dmt@mtunb.UUCP (Dave Tutelman) writes:
>In article <310@petro.UUCP> cmanis@petro.UUCP 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.
>>
>After I tried "LIST" (shareware by Vernon D. Buerg) I threw away
>my MSDOS LESS.  LIST does everything LESS does, and (1) doesn't
>have nearly as many bugs, (2) gives MUCH faster response, (3) uses
>the cursor keys to navigate the file.

Does anyone have a good file browser with source and executables which runs
on ANSI or VT100?  I use my PC through a RS232 port to a windowed workstation
(a Xerox 6085).   All these PC programs which use the Bios and direct 
hardware is a royal pain!!

I have less with source code converted to use the Rom bios.  I started
to port it to use ansi escape sequences, but had various problems (in 
addition, it was ported with MSC and I use Aztec).

Right now I'm using a PC-Sig program called browse, which buffers the
entire file into ram.  But it has a lot of limitations.

marty leisner
xerox coporation
leisner.henr@xerox.com
martyl@rocksvax .uucp