guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) (03/02/85)
> WHY DID THEY TAKE THE '-n' OPTION OUT OF PR AT THE V6->V7 > TRANSITION?????? They probably felt that line numbering could be done by a separate utility - unfortunately, V7 didn't come with one. The USG "pr" must have been picked up before they removed "-n", because it has that option. (I don't mind using a separate utility, although I again ask "Is all the complex stuff in the S3/S5 'nl' really used?") And while we're on the subject, I'd like to point out one case where Berkeley *removed* a function from something - a function that didn't belong there in the first place, and which caused a fair bit of pain. They removed all the funny blank-line-elimination/form-feed-insertion glop from the line printer driver. Now you can "nroff" something with a macro package that doesn't keep the first and last three lines of every page blank, and print it, without getting shafted by the line printer driver. A small bouquet to the person who removed that stuff - if you want pagination, let some utility like "pr" or "nroff" do it. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy