Re: less: extra entries for lesspipe

[Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>]

Richard Braakman wrote:
> > I've added the "if binary executable, use strings on it" to lessopen.  I
> > could see marginal use for looking at the raw executable, so if anyone
> > has any objections, speak up before Saturday Night (-0800Z) or file a
> > bug against less and I'll take it out.  (cc'ing debian-devel for a wider
> > audience)
> 
> This seems like a bad idea.  "strings" is not the obvious information
> to provide about an executable.  (Consider size, objdump, od, hexdump, 
> et cetera).
> 
> I only use "strings" when I pipe through grep.  When I use less it's
> just as easy to search the file directly.
> 
> I would also find it disorienting to less a binary executable and get
> a long list of identifiers.  I _expect_ a screen full of garbage, and
> that "/lib/ld-linux.so.2" in a particular position :-)

Chiming in a little late -- I agree with Richard 100%.

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