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

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Alan Somers <asomers_at_freebsd.org> wrote:

> 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.
>

Having started with most(1) in days before we had <HOME> and <END>
(VT220s), my fingers are trained for t (top) and b (bottom). Adding support
for those keys should be pretty trivial. I'll drop the author a note asking
if they might be added for 5.1.
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