<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> <sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap"> <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?> <sect1info condition="script"> <productname>less</productname> <productnumber>&less-version;</productnumber> <address>&less-url;</address> </sect1info> <title>Less-&less-version;</title> <indexterm zone="ch-system-less"> <primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary> </indexterm> <sect2 role="package"> <title/> <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>&less-ch6-sbu;</seg> <seg>&less-ch6-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Less</title> <para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen> <variablelist> <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration files.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen> <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> <para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content"> <title>Contents of Less</title> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> <seglistitem> <seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> <variablelist> <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> <varlistentry id="less"> <term><command>less</command></term> <listitem> <para>A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"> <primary sortas="b-less">less</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="lessecho"> <term><command>lessecho</command></term> <listitem> <para>Needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis> and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"> <primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry id="lesskey"> <term><command>lesskey</command></term> <listitem> <para>Used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command></para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey"> <primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary> </indexterm> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </sect2> </sect1>