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From: rs@uunet.UU.NET (Rich Salz)
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Subject: v11i033:  The 'less' pager, Part01/03
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Submitted-by: sun!intsc!convgt!mark
Posting-number: Volume 11, Issue 33
Archive-name: less3/Part01

[  Less is a pager like more or pg, only with more features.  It's also not
   derived from licensed software.  --r$  ]
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From: rs@uunet.UU.NET (Rich Salz)
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Subject: v11i034:  The 'less' pager, Part02/03
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Submitted-by: sun!intsc!convgt!mark@uunet.UU.NET
Posting-number: Volume 11, Issue 34
Archive-name: less3/Part02

[  Sorry about (a) the lag and (b) not posting
   this part first.  It's been both Labor Day and
   Moving Day around these parts.  --r$  ]


This is the latest version (v.73) of less.  Less is a pager, like more or
pg, only with more features then both of them.  Unpack and read the README
file for installation instructions.  Changes since the last posted version
(v.61) are:

*  Now allows !! to repeat previous shell escape.
*  Now allows % as shorthand for the current file name 
   in shell escapes.
*  Now allows # in Examine command to examine previous file, and
   return to the same place in that file.
*  Changed -p option to -C, and added -c for compatibility with "more".
*  -e flag now exits immediately after displaying if file 
   is less than a screenful.
*  Added -E (like -e, but exit FIRST time you hit end-of-file).
*  Added -L (like -l, but unconditionally overwrite existing log file).
*  Can now change number-valued command line options
   from within less (via the "-" command).
*  Added support for SIGWINCH (window size change signal in BSD 4.3).
*  Added similar support for SIGWIND (same thing on the AT&T Unix PC).
*  Better error messages if input cannot be opened or 
   is not a "regular" file.
*  Changed help command from h to H to avoid accidentally entering help.
*  Fixed bug which caused problems on terminals with more 
   than 24 lines.


Mark Nudelman
tektronix!nscpdc!convgt!mark
ihnp4!nsc!nscpdc!convgt!mark