Re: Need software to view blob.

->From: bill@promdist.pds.com (Bill Foote) ->Subject: Re: Need software to view blob. ->Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1993 22:34:42 GMT ->Reply-To: bill@promdist.pds.com (Bill Foote) ->Organization: PDS Corp., Los Angeles, CA USA -> ->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 -> I concur. I am an unabashed fan of less. I recommend it to all users. Alan Popiel alan@den.mmc.com Martin Marietta, Denver, CO USA