Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: N unrelated functions in one program Message-ID: <541@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Sat, 2-Mar-85 12:52:49 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.541 Posted: Sat Mar 2 12:52:49 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 02:06:23 EST References: <8608@brl-tgr.ARPA> <520@rlgvax.UUCP> <6340@boring.UUCP> Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 21 > WHY DID THEY TAKE THE '-n' OPTION OUT OF PR AT THE V6->V7 > TRANSITION?????? They probably felt that line numbering could be done by a separate utility - unfortunately, V7 didn't come with one. The USG "pr" must have been picked up before they removed "-n", because it has that option. (I don't mind using a separate utility, although I again ask "Is all the complex stuff in the S3/S5 'nl' really used?") And while we're on the subject, I'd like to point out one case where Berkeley *removed* a function from something - a function that didn't belong there in the first place, and which caused a fair bit of pain. They removed all the funny blank-line-elimination/form-feed-insertion glop from the line printer driver. Now you can "nroff" something with a macro package that doesn't keep the first and last three lines of every page blank, and print it, without getting shafted by the line printer driver. A small bouquet to the person who removed that stuff - if you want pagination, let some utility like "pr" or "nroff" do it. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy