From:	mschulter AT DOT value DOT net (M. Schulter)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: less is more (was: The DJGPP Oracle)
Date:	17 Aug 1997 21:36:32 GMT
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Orlando Andico (orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph) wrote:

: For example, to find the word `getvect' you just type a slash `/' followed
: by `getvect' then ENTER. This finds the first occurrence. Type a `/' and
: ENTER again to find the next occurrence. And so forth. Personally, I use
: Less for almost all my document-reading needs under UNIX (even though I
: have `man' `tkman' and `glimpse' among others for reading documentation).

Hi, there, and I'd like to express my agreement that less is a great tool
for reading documents of all kinds.

One nice shortcut that I really enjoy in DJGPP less: after typing a slash
and pattern and then pressing enter as you describe, I can simply press
'n' to move to the next occurrence, or 'N' to move back to the previous
occurrence.

Anyway, it really is a great utility, and my favorite for man pages also.

Most respectfully,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net

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