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> My point is, that behavior is a configuration issue on your end, ... On my end, and on every "end" where I ever log in. "less" works as a simple pager on my

> My point is, that behavior is a configuration issue on your end, ... On my end, and on every "end" where I ever log in. "less" works as a simple pager on my own system, but now I need to remember to possibly fix it everywhere else. "You can fix it in the config file" is not an excuse for broken-by-design software. > ... not inherent to the less codebase. Well yes, it kind of is. "less" used to be a better replacement for "more." Now it's something else, which should have a different name. Should "cat" be changed to automatically uncompress files and concatenate archives?

lmm 12y ago
> Well yes, it kind of is. "less" used to be a better replacement for "more." Now it's something else, which should have a different name. Should "cat" be changed to automatically uncompress files and concatenate archives? "less" already means "pager with all the bells and whistles". If you just want a simple pager, "more" is still there. How many fine gradations do you need?
- ansible 12y ago
  Back in the old, old days, we all started using 'less' because 'more' did not have the ability to scroll backwards through a file. Nor was it buffering pipe input to enable similar functionality. It seems there has been a bit of feature creep in the ensuing 25 years...
  - drummer32 12y ago
    Yup, cause apparenlty staying the same for 25 years is the new normal. Would you discard more too if it added the ability to page back in a document?
    - ansible 12y ago
      No, but if the maintainers added the ability to play MP3s and file my taxes, that is a cause for concern.
oftenwrong 12y ago
You could replace your less with the busybox version of less, which does not support LESSOPEN.