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author | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-11-26 08:57:30 +0000 |
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committer | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-11-26 08:57:30 +0000 |
commit | 6aa3e25391d160482339ee072c010bcd22dfbbd1 (patch) | |
tree | 16a20dc2cde29bebdf20bd816c0ded0f5a70d738 /contrib/less/less.nro | |
parent | 9fc5d689bc82d338622a61df0809dbc8114a76d8 (diff) | |
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Virgin import of less v416.
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diff --git a/contrib/less/less.nro b/contrib/less/less.nro index d226181..d5dfb05 100644 --- a/contrib/less/less.nro +++ b/contrib/less/less.nro @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LESS 1 "Version 415: 15 Nov 2007" +.TH LESS 1 "Version 416: 22 Nov 2007" .SH NAME less \- opposite of more .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ By default 64K of buffer space is used for each file The \-b option specifies instead that \fIn\fP kilobytes of buffer space should be used for each file. If \fIn\fP is \-1, buffer space is unlimited; that is, -the entire file is read into memory. +the entire file can be read into memory. .IP "\-B or \-\-auto-buffers" By default, when data is read from a pipe, buffers are allocated automatically as needed. @@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ so that only 64K (or the amount of space specified by the \-b option) is used for the pipe. Warning: use of \-B can result in erroneous display, since only the -most recently viewed part of the file is kept in memory; +most recently viewed part of the piped data is kept in memory; any earlier data is lost. .IP "\-c or \-\-clear-screen" Causes full screen repaints to be painted from the top line down. @@ -555,9 +555,9 @@ the pattern contains uppercase letters. .IP "\-j\fIn\fP or \-\-jump-target=\fIn\fP" Specifies a line on the screen where the "target" line is to be positioned. -A target line is the object of a text search, -tag search, jump to a line number, -jump to a file percentage, or jump to a marked position. +The target line is the line specified by any command to +search for a pattern, jump to a line number, +jump to a file percentage or jump to a tag. The screen line may be specified by a number: the top line on the screen is 1, the next is 2, and so on. The number may be negative to specify a line relative to the bottom @@ -569,10 +569,11 @@ screen, .3 is three tenths down from the first line, and so on. If the line is specified as a fraction, the actual line number is recalculated if the terminal window is resized, so that the target line remains at the specified fraction of the screen height. -If the \-j option is used, searches begin at the line immediately -after the target line. +If any form of the \-j option is used, +forward searches begin at the line immediately after the target line, +and backward searches begin at the target line. For example, if "\-j4" is used, the target line is the -fourth line on the screen, so searches begin at the fifth line +fourth line on the screen, so forward searches begin at the fifth line on the screen. .IP "\-J or \-\-status-column" Displays a status column at the left edge of the screen. @@ -597,6 +598,8 @@ to exit immediately when an interrupt character (usually ^C) is typed. Normally, an interrupt character causes .I less to stop whatever it is doing and return to its command prompt. +Note that use of this option makes it impossible to return to the +command prompt from the "F" command. .IP "\-L or \-\-no-lessopen" Ignore the LESSOPEN environment variable (see the INPUT PREPROCESSOR section below). |