Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!aplcen!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!topgun.dspo.gov!lanl!cmcl2!adm!smoke!gwyn From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: How does man know? Keywords: more, io redirection Message-ID: <11182@smoke.BRL.MIL> Date: 28 Sep 89 21:35:06 GMT References: <319@massey.ac.nz> <11170@smoke.BRL.MIL> <592@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD. Lines: 9 In article <592@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: > And guess what? It *is* convenient to have it work that way. No, it isn't. One can easily add pagination in those cases where it is desired, but it's much more difficult to defeat wired-in pagination in those cases where it isn't desired. Consider "man whatever > /dev/tty_printer". Why should that try to paginate?