WANTED: File scroller similar to less but with more features

Bill Meahan wwm at pmsmam.uucp
Mon Feb 25 23:44:08 AEST 1991


In article <1991Feb23.183717.26164 at jpradley.jpr.com> jpr at jpradley.jpr.com (Jean-Pierre Radley) writes:
>In article <15904.27c2939a at levels.sait.edu.au> magrw at levels.sait.edu.au writes:
>>
>>I am looking for a file scroller similar to less, but with as many of the
>>following features as possible:
>>
>>        (1)     CASE-INSENSITIVE string search
>>
>>        (2)     Intelligent usage of VT100 (and/or VT220) keys such as:
>>                        (i)     Cursor keys for moving around the file
>>                        (ii)    PrevScrn (instead of b)
>>                        (iii)   NextScrn (instead of space bar)
>>
>>I need this to run on both a Sun SPARCserver 490 as well as a DECstation 5000
>>(running Ultrix).
>
>You don't state what revision of 'less' you are using. I have v.123 here, and
                                                                 ^^^

Holy Cow!  I just picked up less-97 a week or two ago!  Where IS version 123?
Is this an "official" release or some local hack?


>it does all the things you ask for.
>
>I've run it on assorted versions of SCO XENIX, and on SCO UNIX 3.2.2
>
> Jean-Pierre Radley   NYC Public Unix   jpr at jpradley.jpr.com   CIS: 72160,1341

I assume this version is not Intel specific!?!
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