prlw1@cus.cam.ac.uk (Patrick Welche) writes:
>I think more's behaviour has changed: I don't remember more file* padding
>the screen with ~ a la vi before displaying the next file.

Sounds like you're actually using less with the -w option.  Check what the
environmental variables PAGER and LESS are set to, and also for aliases
for more in whatever shell you're using.

Olly