1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE section [
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3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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4 | %general-entities;
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5 | ]>
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6 | <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng"
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7 | xml:id="ch-system-less" xreflabel="Less" role="wrap">
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8 | <info><title>Less-&less-version;</title></info>
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less"><primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary></indexterm>
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12 |
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13 | <section role="package"><info><title/></info>
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14 | <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>
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15 |
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16 | <segmentedlist>
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17 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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18 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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19 | <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.4 MB</seg></seglistitem>
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20 | </segmentedlist>
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21 |
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22 | <segmentedlist>
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23 | <segtitle>Less installation depends on</segtitle>
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24 | <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
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25 | GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, Sed</seg></seglistitem>
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26 | </segmentedlist>
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27 | </section>
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28 |
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29 | <section role="installation">
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30 | <info><title>Installation of Less</title></info>
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31 |
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32 | <para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
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33 |
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34 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
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35 |
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36 | <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
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37 |
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38 | <variablelist>
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39 | <varlistentry>
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40 | <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term>
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41 | <listitem><para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look in
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42 | <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for their configuration files.</para></listitem>
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43 | </varlistentry>
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44 | </variablelist>
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45 |
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46 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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49 |
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50 | <para>Now install it:</para>
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51 |
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52 | <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | </section>
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55 |
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56 | <section xml:id="contents-less" role="content"><info><title>Contents of Less</title></info>
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57 |
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58 | <segmentedlist>
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59 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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60 | <seglistitem><seg>less, lessecho and lesskey</seg></seglistitem>
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61 | </segmentedlist>
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62 |
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63 | <variablelist><title>Short descriptions</title>
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64 |
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65 | <varlistentry xml:id="less">
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66 | <term><command>less</command></term>
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"><primary sortas="b-less">less</primary></indexterm>
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69 | <para>is a file viewer or pager. It displays the contents of the given file, letting you
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70 | scroll around, find strings, and jump to marks.</para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </varlistentry>
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73 |
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74 | <varlistentry xml:id="lessecho">
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75 | <term><command>lessecho</command></term>
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76 | <listitem>
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77 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"><primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary></indexterm>
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78 | <para>is needed to expand meta-characters, such as * and ?, in filenames on Unix systems.</para>
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79 | </listitem>
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80 | </varlistentry>
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81 |
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82 | <varlistentry xml:id="lesskey">
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83 | <term><command>lesskey</command></term>
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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey"><primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary></indexterm>
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86 | <para>is used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command>.</para>
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87 | </listitem>
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88 | </varlistentry>
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89 | </variablelist>
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90 |
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91 | </section>
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92 |
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93 | </section>
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