"more"

"more"

[kalle]

hello.
i have util-linux version 2.20.1 , the "more"-manpage says version 5.19
of more, and found the following problems in "more":
I start with more FILE.
then "=" to get the line "57". It is to say here, that the first line of
the screen, will not be shown again, even if typing "b".
Then z ;then = again. Gives line 115.
b;= :line 58
s;= :line 116
b;= :line 59
f;= :line 173
b;= :line 116
b;= :line 59

This result seems to contradict to man more's definitions of
-"s" :"skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1."
-"f" :"skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1."

not responding

[kalle]

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hello,
on 16.03.17 I wrote you the following e-mail without getting any response:

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From: kalle <kalle@projektwerkstatt.de>
To: util-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: "more"
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:56:27 +0100
Message-ID: <58CAA79B.4010108@projektwerkstatt.de>

hello.
i have util-linux version 2.20.1 , the "more"-manpage says version 5.19
of more, and found the following problems in "more":
I start with more FILE.
then "=" to get the line "57". It is to say here, that the first line of
the screen, will not be shown again, even if typing "b".
Then z ;then = again. Gives line 115.
b;= :line 58
s;= :line 116
b;= :line 59
f;= :line 173
b;= :line 116
b;= :line 59

This result seems to contradict to man more's definitions of
-"s" :"skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1."
-"f" :"skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1."

Re: not responding

[Karel Zak]

On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 08:56:07PM +0200, kalle wrote:
> i have util-linux version 2.20.1 , the "more"-manpage says version 5.19

Well, the current version is v2.29.2 ...

> of more, and found the following problems in "more":
> I start with more FILE.
> then "=" to get the line "57". It is to say here, that the first line of
> the screen, will not be shown again, even if typing "b".
> Then z ;then = again. Gives line 115.
> b;= :line 58
> s;= :line 116
> b;= :line 59
> f;= :line 173
> b;= :line 116
> b;= :line 59
> 
> This result seems to contradict to man more's definitions of
> -"s" :"skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1."
> -"f" :"skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1."

Hmm... it's mess, like everything around more(1).
Sami any comment? :-)

    Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak@redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

Re: not responding

[Sami Kerola]

On 4 April 2017 at 14:11, Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 02, 2017 at 08:56:07PM +0200, kalle wrote:
>> i have util-linux version 2.20.1 , the "more"-manpage says version 5.19
>
> Well, the current version is v2.29.2 ...
>
>> of more, and found the following problems in "more":
>> I start with more FILE.
>> then "=" to get the line "57". It is to say here, that the first line of
>> the screen, will not be shown again, even if typing "b".
>> Then z ;then = again. Gives line 115.
>> b;= :line 58
>> s;= :line 116
>> b;= :line 59
>> f;= :line 173
>> b;= :line 116
>> b;= :line 59
>>
>> This result seems to contradict to man more's definitions of
>> -"s" :"skip forward k lines of text. Defaults to 1."
>> -"f" :"skip forward k screenfuls of text. Defaults to 1."
>
> Hmm... it's mess, like everything around more(1).
> Sami any comment? :-)

I started to reproduce this issue, and I got headache. I fully agree with
maintainer statement about more(1).

Secondly, to fix we need ... eh, full rewrite? Perhaps I should sent the
untestable monster pull one day. But it's a horrible thing to do when
testability is an issue. It might take years to get more corrected. Sorry
Kalle, I'm sure that is not what you wanted to hear.

-- 
Sami Kerola
http://www.iki.fi/kerolasa/