Re: Poll: should man(1)'s default pager change to "less -s"?

From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:27:37 -0800
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 10:15:10 -0800 <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu> said
>
> On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 11:03:54AM -0700, Alan Somers wrote:
>> > Should man(1)'s default pager change to "less -s"?  Vote and flame at
>> the
>> > Phabricator link below.
>> > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/V7
>> >
>> Does not work.
>>
>> Unhandled Exception ("AphrontMalformedRequestException")
>> Your browser did not submit a "phcid" cookie with client state
>> information in the request.  Check that cookies are enabled.
>> If this problem persists, you may need to clear your cookies.
>>
>> Of course, I don't have an account on https://reviews.freebsd.org/
>>
> Hah! I got the same (alarming) feedback too. I then tried to just log in,
> and it worked. Guess you'll need, or create an account? :-)
>
> --Chris
>
>
>> --
>> Steve
>>
>
I have not used those ancient, very limited pagers for years, but I am sure
that almost nobody has even heard of the much more powerful sysutils/most.

While newer than more or less, it is hardly new in most senses as I first
used it on VMS systems at least a quarter century ago, probably longer.
--
Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman_at_gmail.com
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Received on Tue Dec 12 2017 - 19:27:39 UTC

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