[673b0d8] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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[b06ca36] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[673b0d8] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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[bdea25ce] | 7 |
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[81fd230] | 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap">
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[bdea25ce] | 9 | <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Less-&less-version;</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less">
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary>
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| 15 | </indexterm>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 18 | <title/>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>
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[673b0d8] | 21 |
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[bdea25ce] | 22 | <segmentedlist>
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| 23 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 24 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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[6370fa6] | 25 |
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[bdea25ce] | 26 | <seglistitem>
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[e4a5635] | 27 | <seg>&less-ch6-sbu;</seg>
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| 28 | <seg>&less-ch6-du;</seg>
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[bdea25ce] | 29 | </seglistitem>
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| 30 | </segmentedlist>
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[5888299] | 31 |
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[bdea25ce] | 32 | </sect2>
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[73aedd1d] | 33 |
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[bdea25ce] | 34 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 35 | <title>Installation of Less</title>
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| 36 |
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[eb0d4d8] | 37 | <para>Apply a patch that prevents Less from using a deprecated function:
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| 38 | </para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&less-signal_fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| 41 |
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[bdea25ce] | 42 | <para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 43 |
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[2a698a6] | 44 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
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[73aedd1d] | 45 |
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[bdea25ce] | 46 | <variablelist>
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| 47 | <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <varlistentry>
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| 50 | <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term>
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| 51 | <listitem>
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| 52 | <para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look
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| 53 | in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration
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| 54 | files.</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | </varlistentry>
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[81fd230] | 57 |
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[bdea25ce] | 58 | </variablelist>
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[81fd230] | 59 |
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[bdea25ce] | 60 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 61 |
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| 62 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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| 63 |
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[bdea25ce] | 64 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[0be3d41] | 65 |
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[bdea25ce] | 66 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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[73aedd1d] | 67 |
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| 68 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[673b0d8] | 69 |
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[bdea25ce] | 70 | </sect2>
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| 71 |
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| 72 | <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content">
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| 73 | <title>Contents of Less</title>
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| 74 |
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| 75 | <segmentedlist>
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| 76 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <seglistitem>
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| 79 | <seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg>
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| 80 | </seglistitem>
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| 81 | </segmentedlist>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <variablelist>
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 86 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <varlistentry id="less">
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| 89 | <term><command>less</command></term>
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| 90 | <listitem>
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| 91 | <para>A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given
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| 92 | file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para>
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| 93 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less">
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| 94 | <primary sortas="b-less">less</primary>
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| 95 | </indexterm>
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| 96 | </listitem>
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| 97 | </varlistentry>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <varlistentry id="lessecho">
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| 100 | <term><command>lessecho</command></term>
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| 101 | <listitem>
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| 102 | <para>Needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis>
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| 103 | and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para>
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| 104 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho">
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| 105 | <primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary>
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| 106 | </indexterm>
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| 107 | </listitem>
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| 108 | </varlistentry>
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| 109 |
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| 110 | <varlistentry id="lesskey">
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| 111 | <term><command>lesskey</command></term>
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| 112 | <listitem>
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| 113 | <para>Used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command></para>
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| 114 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey">
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| 115 | <primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary>
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| 116 | </indexterm>
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| 117 | </listitem>
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| 118 | </varlistentry>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | </variablelist>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | </sect2>
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[81fd230] | 123 |
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[bdea25ce] | 124 | </sect1>
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