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@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@ + + Less, version 416 + + This is the distribution of less, version 416, released 22 Nov 2007. + This program is part of the GNU project (http://www.gnu.org). + + This program is free software. You may redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of either: + + 1. The GNU General Public License, as published by the Free + Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any + later version. A copy of this license is in the file COPYING. + or + 2. The Less License, in the file LICENSE. + + Please report any problems to bug-less@gnu.org or markn@greenwoodsoftware.com. + See http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less for the latest info. + You may also contact the author at: + Mark Nudelman + Greenwood Software + PO Box 2402 + El Granada, CA 94018 + USA + +========================================================================= + +This is the distribution of "less", a paginator similar to "more" or "pg". + +The formatted manual page is in less.man. +The manual page nroff source is in less.nro. +Major changes made since the last posted version are in NEWS. + +======================================================================= +INSTALLATION (Unix systems only): + +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and unpack it, + if you have not already done so. + +2. Type "sh configure". + This will generate a Makefile and a defines.h. + Warning: if you have a GNU sed, make sure it is version 2.05 or later. + + The file INSTALL describes the usage of the configure program in + general. In addition, these options to configure are supported: + + --with-editor=program + Specifies the default editor program used by the "v" command. + The default is "vi". + + --with-regex=lib + Specifies the regular expression library used by less for pattern + matching. The default is "auto", which means the configure program + finds a regular expression library automatically. Other values are: + posix Use the POSIX-compatible regcomp. + pcre Use the PCRE library. + regcmp Use the regcmp library. + re_comp Use the re_comp library. + regcomp Use the V8-compatible regcomp. + regcomp-local Use Henry Spencer's V8-compatible regcomp + (source is supplied with less). + --with-secure + Builds a "secure" version of less, with some features disabled + to prevent users from viewing other files, accessing shell + commands, etc. + + +3. It is a good idea to look over the generated Makefile and defines.h + and make sure they look ok. If you know of any peculiarities of + your system that configure might not have detected, you may fix the + Makefile now. Take particular notice of the list of "terminal" + libraries in the LIBS definition in the Makefile; these may need + to be edited. The terminal libraries will be some subset of + -lncurses -lcurses -ltermcap -ltermlib + + If you wish, you may edit defines.h to remove some optional features. + If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may + wish to edit the manual page "less.nro" and the help page "less.hlp" + to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + If you edit less.hlp, you should run "make -f Makefile.aut help.c". + +4. Type "make" and watch the fun. + +5. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less", + "lesskey" and "lessecho" in your current directory. Test the + generated programs. + +6. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it + in a public place, type "make install". + + The default install destinations are: + Executables (less, lesskey, lessecho) in /usr/local/bin + Documentation (less.nro, lesskey.nro) in /usr/local/man/man1 + If you want to install any of these files elsewhere, define + bindir and/or mandir to the appropriate directories. + +If you have any problems building or running "less", suggestions, +complaints, etc., you may mail to the author at markn@greenwoodsoftware.com. + +Note to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed +in double curly brackets {{ like this }}. + + + +======================================================================= +INSTALLATION (MS-DOS systems only, + with Microsoft C, Borland C, or DJGPP) + +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. + Depending on your compiler, you may need to convert the source + to have CR-LF rather than LF as line terminators. + +2. If you are using Microsoft C, rename MAKEFILE.DSU to MAKEFILE. + If you are using Borland C, rename MAKEFILE.DSB to MAKEFILE. + If you are using DJGPP, rename MAKEFILE.DSG to MAKEFILE. + +3. Look at MAKEFILE to make sure that the definitions for CC and LIBDIR + are correct. CC should be the name of your C compiler and + LIBDIR should be the directory where the C libraries reside (for + Microsoft C only). If these definitions need to be changed, you can + either modify the definitions directly in MAKEFILE, or set your + environment variables CC and/or LIBDIR to override the definitions + in MAKEFILE. + +4. If you wish, you may edit DEFINES.DS to remove some optional features. + If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may + wish to edit the manual page LESS.MAN and the help page HELP.C + to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + +5. Run your "make" program and watch the fun. + If your "make" requires a flag to import environment variables, + you should use that flag. + If your compiler runs out of memory, try running "make -n >cmds.bat" + and then run cmds.bat. + +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "LESS.EXE" and + "LESSKEY.EXE" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. + +7. When satisfied that it works, you may wish to install LESS.EXE and + LESSKEY.EXE in a directory which is included in your PATH. + + + +======================================================================= +INSTALLATION (Windows-95, Windows-98 and Windows-NT systems only, + with Borland C or Microsoft Visual C++) + +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. + +2. If you are using Borland C, rename Makefile.wnb to Makefile. + If you are using Microsoft Visual C++, rename Makefile.wnm to Makefile. + +3. Check the Makefile to make sure the definitions look ok. + +4. If you wish, you may edit defines.wn to remove some optional features. + If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may + wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page help.c + to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + +5. Type "make" and watch the fun. + +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less.exe" and + "lesskey.exe" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. + +7. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it + in a public place, type "make install". + See step 6 of the Unix installation instructions for details + on how to change the default installation directories. + + + +======================================================================= +INSTALLATION (OS/2 systems only, + with EMX C) + +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. + +2. Rename Makefile.o2e to Makefile. + +3. Check the Makefile to make sure the definitions look ok. + +4. If you wish, you may edit defines.o2 to remove some optional features. + If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may + wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page help.c + to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + +5. Type "make" and watch the fun. + +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less.exe" and + "lesskey.exe" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. + +7. Make sure you have the emx runtime installed. You need the emx DLLs + emx.dll and emxlibcs.dll and also the termcap database, termcap.dat. + Make sure you have termcap.dat either in the default location or + somewhere in a directory listed in the PATH or INIT environment + variables. + +8. When satisfied that it works, you may wish to install less.exe, + lesskey.exe and scrsize.exe in a directory which is included in + your PATH. scrsize.exe is required only if you use a terminal + emulator such as xterm or rxvt. + + + +======================================================================= +INSTALLATION (OS-9 systems only, + with Microware C or Ultra C) + +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. + +2. If you are using Microware C, rename Makefile.o9c to Makefile. + If you are using Ultra C, rename Makefile.o9u to Makefile. + +3. Check the Makefile to make sure the definitions look ok. + +4. If you wish, you may edit defines.o9 to remove some optional features. + If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may + wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page help.c + to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + +5. Type "dmake" and watch the fun. + The standard OS-9 "make" will probably not work. If you don't + have dmake, you can get a copy from os9archive.rtsi.com. + +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less" and + "lesskey" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. + +7. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it + in a public place, type "dmake install". + See step 6 of the Unix installation instructions for details + on how to change the default installation directories. + +======================================================================= +ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: + Some versions of the less distribution are packaged using + Info-ZIP's compression utility. + Info-ZIP's software is free and can be obtained as source + code or executables from various anonymous-ftp sites, + including ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip. |
