> 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
> 

Indeed /usr/bin/{more,less} are identical, so I suppose we have
less. PAGER and LESS were unset, and no aliases were found. So the
above makes sense, but I still wonder where the -w comes from...

Thanks,

 Patrick