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From: netnews@erc3bb.UUCP (Avi Feldblum)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: Sun vs. 3B2 (was: Ksh availability?)
Message-ID: <280@erc3bb.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 3-Nov-87 12:04:21 EST
Article-I.D.: erc3bb.280
Posted: Tue Nov  3 12:04:21 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 10:08:34 EST
References: <6615@brl-smoke.ARPA> <1957@killer.UUCP>
Reply-To: ayf@pruxe.att.com (Avi Feldblum)
Organization: AT&T Engineering Research Center, Princeton
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In article <1957@killer.UUCP> elg@killer.UUCP writes:
>"pg" is sorry compared to "less". "less" scrolls both forward and backward,
>and you don't have to always be hitting return>--
>     Eric Green   elg@usl.CSNET      Snail Mail P.O. Box 92191       
>     {cbosgd,ihnp4}!killer!elg       Lafayette, LA 70509             

While I happen to prefer less to pg, pg (at least SVR2 and later)
will page both forward and backward, and the -n option of pg will
scroll on the space bar rather than the CR. There are differences
between the two (popping into your editor, setting tag marks), but
not what you have mentioned.

Avi Feldblum
ayf@pruxe.att.com