Re: Need software to view blob.

In article <1993Feb04.001245.28332@evolving.com> bpk@evolving.com (Brad Knotwell) writes: >We are looking for software written in 4gl or C that we could insert into >our programs so we can view/save the blob. We need something similar to >pg or more but without a shell escape. It would be nice if the program >responded to arrow keys as a way to position the cursor and had a command >structure at the top (bottom) of the screen. I think that what you really want is a program to view a text file (or stream)... I'm guessing that your blob contains ASCII text. If that be the case, might I suggest less? Less is kind of a replacement for more, only it does more. You might not care about the extra features, but less has another great advantage: * you get source code *. As shipped, less has shell escapes, but it shouldn't take more than 10 minutes to change that. Less should be available on several ftp sites, including ftp.uu.net in systems/gnu/less-177.tar.Z. It's also probably on prep.ai.mit.edu. While I'm here, let me put a plug in for less: If you do much reading of man pages online, GET LESS, and use it for your pager! Less's great advantage is that it lets you back up in the text you're reading. This is especially useful for man pages. -- Bill Foote bill@pds.com PDS Corp, Los Angeles, CA USA uunet!promdist!bill