Mike Frysinger wrote:
On Saturday 14 January 2012 17:19:01 Bruce Dubbs wrote:
Mike Frysinger wrote:
On Saturday 14 January 2012 12:30:28 Bruce Dubbs wrote:
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
What capabilities/advantages are added that are not in 'less'?
i don't know, but i don't think it matters. Eric likes maintaining the code
regardless and he plans on doing it anyways.
OK, I understand 'scratch the itch'. I was just stating that I didn't
think the benefit was worth the effort. Press on.
-- Bruce
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