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[Mark W.]

James Gray wrote:
> On Fri, 12 May 2006 01:05 am, Mark W. wrote:

>>
>>There is one Win32 applet I miss on Ubuntu: a good
>>GUI "lister" - equivalent of Ghisler's lister.exe.
...
> 
> Open a terminal and type "less <filename>" maybe?  Why would you even want a 
> GUI for something you can achieve in about 5 lines of C++[1] on the command 
> line??  Sheesh - and you think *KDE* is bloatware!

Why? Typically to quickly inspect the content of some
configuration or source file when navigating around a
complex file hierarchy (such as a source tree or somesuch)
using Nautilus, and in context where I am primarily
familiarizing myself with the subject - as opposed to
actually working on it - which happens to be something
I do a lot. And the slider makes it much quicker to
browse through a large text or source file than to do the
same via keyboard.
M.W.