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From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: paging in the terminal driver
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Date: Wed, 28-Oct-87 02:55:37 EST
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> This is easily fixed by sending the program output to a file and then having
> the terminal driver display the file.  This approach provides both paging
> and long untended output.

And, if you use an editor on the file, provides the ability to move forward and
backward through the output, with searching (assuming you have a reasonable
editor).

> The shell could provide this transparently.

As can some editors.
	Guy Harris
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