lfs/chapter08/less.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!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-fin-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&less-fin-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>To test the results, issue:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
<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>