Show HN: Ov – feature rich terminal pager
I'm surprised there aren't more pagers besides `less` and `more`. Alternatives I've found online:<p>- <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/most" rel="nofollow">https://linux.die.net/man/1/most</a> (multiple files/windows at once)<p>- <a href="https://github.com/sharkdp/bat">https://github.com/sharkdp/bat</a> (uses `less` under the hood, syntax highlighting and git diffs)<p>- <a href="https://linux.die.net/man/1/lesskey" rel="nofollow">https://linux.die.net/man/1/lesskey</a> (add parameters to `less`)<p>- <a href="https://github.com/ivanov/kanten">https://github.com/ivanov/kanten</a> (looks abandoned)<p>- "Just use vim" (and vim's paging is really good, so this is viable, in fact probably the most viable so far)<p>`less` is a great program, despite being old there aren't really many flaws. It's one of those tools that don't really <i>need</i> updates or improvements. But I do think there are a few features which would be nice to have (automatic ANSI coloring, tailing, syntax highlighting, support for files like sqlite and tar - which of which are in ov).<p>The one thing which `less` may have over `ov` (besides already being on most distros) is speed. `less` takes in really large files, or forever terminal output, and is still <i>really</i> fast. And I find that when I use `less` I use it with large files or terminal output often. Though I don't actually know if `ov` is any slower, it's something the dev should watch out for (I don't see "speed" mentioned in the README).