sjs@spectral.ctt.bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) (05/19/89)
Does anyone else find it remarkable that in this day and age people still view files by running "more" in a window emulating a TTY? Responses to /dev/rhetorical. Stan Switzer sjs@ctt.bellcore.com
carlo@Athena.MIT.EDU (Carlo Lisa) (05/21/89)
>>Does anyone else find it remarkable that in this day and age people >>still view files by running "more" in a window emulating a TTY? Absolutely TRUE! This is the reason for I'm writing Xless, the X Window version for less (it's almost ready......). Carlo Lisa carlo@athena.mit.edu
peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) (05/22/89)
In article <16246@bellcore.bellcore.com>, sjs@spectral.ctt.bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) writes: > Does anyone else find it remarkable that in this day and age people > still view files by running "more" in a window emulating a TTY? I run 'less', myself. Come up with a standard program-window interface and a file browser with the capability of less, and I'll switch. Hell... come up with a program-window interface that's worth a damn. I sure haven't seen one yet. -- Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation. Business: uunet.uu.net!ficc!peter, peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Personal: ...!texbell!sugar!peter, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com.
nazgul@apollo.COM (Kee Hinckley) (05/24/89)
In article <16246@bellcore.bellcore.com>, sjs@spectral.ctt.bellcore.com (Stan Switzer) writes: > Does anyone else find it remarkable that in this day and age people > still view files by running "more" in a window emulating a TTY? For 5 years I didn't use more or terminal eumulators. Just press a key, type the file name, and poof - a full editor on it, no matter which machine it was on, in which network, in which building. Or if I prefered, point the mouse at the filename, click a button... there was the file. Now of course I use X, and I'm back to psuedo terminals again. Oh well. -- ### User Environment, Apollo Computer Inc. ### Public Access ProLine BBS ### ### {mit-eddie,yale}!apollo!nazgul ### nazgul@pro-angmar.cts.com ### ### nazgul@apollo.com ### (617) 641-3722 300/1200/2400 ### I'm not sure which upsets me more; that people are so unwilling to accept responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate everyone else's.
janssen@titan.sw.mcc.com (Bill Janssen) (05/26/89)
In article <4365854d.1b147@apollo.COM>, nazgul@apollo (Kee Hinckley) writes: >For 5 years I didn't use more or terminal eumulators. Just press a key, >type the file name, and poof - a full editor on it, no matter which machine >it was on, in which network, in which building. Or if I prefered, >point the mouse at the filename, click a button... there was the file. Umm... I have the same situation, but I don't suppose you would think that it counts, seeing as it's GNU Emacs, or for multi-media things, Andrew ez. >Now of course I use X, and I'm back to psuedo terminals again. Not necessarily. Bill