Re: browse in ed

[Andrew L. Moore]

I believe that the browse function you request for GNU ed already
exists.  We just use the letter `z' instead of `b'.   Syntax appears
to be the same.  From the manual:

       (.+1)zn Scrolls  n lines at a time starting at addressed line.  If n is
               not specified, then the current window size is used.  The  cur-
               rent address is set to the last line printed.

The z command is recognized by some older UNIX programs where paging
makes sense - e.g., to scan message headers in mail(1).

Mnemonic:  z is scroll-shaped (also, the last letter you'd think to
           use for browsing/paging...)
-AM

PS - GNU ed has a paging misfeature that has been removed in the upcoming
     release.
PPS - There is an upcoming release.