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

From: Alan Somers <asomers_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 13:40:38 -0700
On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Chris H <bsd-lists_at_bsdforge.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:27:37 -0800 "Kevin Oberman" <rkoberman_at_gmail.com>
> said
>
> 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.
>>
> Ooo... I may have voted too soon. :-O
> Thanks for the pointer, Kevin!
>
> --Chris
>

most looks pretty cool.  The only probably I noticed in my brief inspection
was that it doesn't support the Home and End keys.
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