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File View utility wanted

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From: Jeff Epler
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 02:48
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I am looking for a file viewer, but I desire some features I haven't
been able to find:

 -- Ability to load files larger than memory, up to about 2 megabyte
 -- Ability to exit a file and return to the same place in it later
 -- Ability to paste characters from screen into buffer as program
 exits

(Hmm, TSR might be nice too, to decrease disk access since it could
keep the file open.  This might be necessary, too, for the keyboard
stuffing bit..)

My desire is to be able to browse files such as the listings of SIMTEL
and Garbo while in an interactive FTP session.  Currently, I have a
key in my terminal set to execute list on a certain file.  This works
okay, except that if I return briefly to the terminal to do a command
in FTP, I have to find the spot I need to return to.  This is an
annoyance.

If there's a way to accomplish this with list, I would be overjoyed to
hear about it.. Otherwise, I would like pointers to a file somewhere
in the world of FTP..

Mail is preferred, I'll summarize the responses I get.

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Jeff Epler jepler@nyx.cs.du.edu or bx304@cleveland.freenet.edu (preferred)
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From: jepler@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jeff Epler)
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Subject: File View utility wanted
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Date: 27 Jan 93 02:48:39 GMT
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