On Saturday 14 January 2012 12:30:28 Bruce Dubbs wrote: > No, of course not. Please understand that I have no connection with the > 'less' project. I don't know why it forked, but it too has been around > since at least 1995 and appears to pre-date Linux (and Util-Linux). > The website goes back to 'Version 290' in 1995. yes, but the util-linux projected picked up `more` which predates both > I've been working with computers since before Unix (and Linux) and know > a little computing history. Before 'Glass TTYs' there were paper > terminals and I suspect 'more' was designed with those paper terminals > in mind. 'Less' appears to have been designed with terminals such as > the VT100 in mind. Sometimes it's beneficial to redesign a program when > something new comes along rather than patch an old design. which is what Eric has done with his more -mike
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