Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 16:53:02 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Is there a GNU/DJGPP "List"?
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On Mon, 27 Jul 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> I was examining a file yesterday that I had managed to uncompress but not
> untar with "List"
> by Vernon Bourg, heretofore an essential.
> 
> Is there anything in the GNU/DJGPP canon that would take the place of this
> wonderful utility?

Try GNU Less (v2gnu/lss332b.zip from SimTel.NET).  IMHO, it blows LIST 
right out of the water.  If you don't believe me, press ! and get a 
full-blown command-line interpreter with file-name completion.  If you 
are hooked, read the docs, as Less has a few more neat tricks up its 
sleeve.

> Or do you just use an editor (I understand EMACS and RHIDE can be set in a
> non-destructive mode)????

Emacs has a `view-mode' whereby you cannot change the buffer contents.  
Type `M-x view-file RET filename RET'.