On 01/09/2017 12:00 PM, L A Walsh wrote: > I wasn't asking for a change to _that_ specific behavior.
You argued that it's not standard for 'ls' to behave differently when piping output to a pager, and that the recent change was therefore undesirable. As the premise for this argument was incorrect, it shouldn't be surprising if readers disagree with its conclusion. There are obviously advantages and disadvantages of the recent change, and we thought that the former outweighed the latter for typical users. If this isn't the case for you, you can change your personal alias to reflect your preferences. You're already using such an alias, since you already prefer alternatives to the default in other areas, so this shouldn't be much trouble.
