Subject: Re: more not 8 bits clean
To: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
From: J.T. Conklin <jconklin@netcom.com>
List: current-users
Date: 09/06/1995 10:36:44
> > The NetBSD more is actually some (old) Version of less. There is
> > already a PR stating this problem. However its state is still
> > open.  However, if my memory serves me right, there was no fix
> > given in that PR.  I think, if you would update more (using a more
> > recent Version of less) and send in patches, someone would
> > eventually put them in the tree.

> Considering that I have already ported the latest version of less
> (thinking that "more" was the grotesque original) I'll be happy to
> clean up what I have and submit it.  What's the right way to go
> about this?

Unfortunately I don't think we can't package a modern "less" and call
it "more".  Less, at least the versions I've seen, doesn't use the same
command line switches or have the same keybindings as required by POSIX.
(Our current more doesn't either, but it's a lot closer).

	--jtc