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I made a terminal pager

39 pointsby speckxyesterday at 10:27 PM5 commentsview on HN

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vomayanktoday at 12:06 AM

Interesting project.

What was the main limitation in existing pagers like less that pushed you to build a new one?

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gandreaniyesterday at 11:33 PM

I really like this post! I think it's the clearest explanation I've seen of the different characteristics of utf-8 strings

dosticktoday at 12:11 AM

From the title I thought it’s about a dead man’s switch.

pimlottcyesterday at 10:51 PM

The TL;DR doesn’t really say what this new pager offers compared to less; it seems to mostly be a learning project:

> lore supports only a subset of what less does, but in a more intuitive and useful manner for my daily activity. I also find value in understanding it from the ground up, bytes to terminal views, and continuing to refine it as I learn more about what I actually want and need in a terminal pager.

cocodillyesterday at 11:34 PM

For a bubbletea application I'd expect more bubbles and tea there. But still, nice project.