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diff --git a/contrib/less/less.man b/contrib/less/less.man index 773c7b9..f9dda92 100644 --- a/contrib/less/less.man +++ b/contrib/less/less.man @@ -750,40 +750,35 @@ LESS(1) LESS(1) deinitialization string does something unnecessary, like clear- ing the screen. - --no-keypad - Disables sending the keypad initialization and deinitialization - strings to the terminal. This is sometimes useful if the keypad - strings make the numeric keypad behave in an undesirable manner. - -y[4mn[24m or --max-forw-scroll=[4mn[0m Specifies a maximum number of lines to scroll forward. If it is - necessary to scroll forward more than [4mn[24m lines, the screen is - repainted instead. The -c or -C option may be used to repaint - from the top of the screen if desired. By default, any forward + necessary to scroll forward more than [4mn[24m lines, the screen is + repainted instead. The -c or -C option may be used to repaint + from the top of the screen if desired. By default, any forward movement causes scrolling. -[z][4mn[24m or --window=[4mn[0m - Changes the default scrolling window size to [4mn[24m lines. The + Changes the default scrolling window size to [4mn[24m lines. The default is one screenful. The z and w commands can also be used - to change the window size. The "z" may be omitted for compati- + to change the window size. The "z" may be omitted for compati- bility with some versions of [4mmore.[24m If the number [4mn[24m is negative, - it indicates [4mn[24m lines less than the current screen size. For + it indicates [4mn[24m lines less than the current screen size. For example, if the screen is 24 lines, [4m-z-4[24m sets the scrolling win- - dow to 20 lines. If the screen is resized to 40 lines, the + dow to 20 lines. If the screen is resized to 40 lines, the scrolling window automatically changes to 36 lines. -[4m"cc[24m or --quotes=[4mcc[0m - Changes the filename quoting character. This may be necessary - if you are trying to name a file which contains both spaces and - quote characters. Followed by a single character, this changes - the quote character to that character. Filenames containing a + Changes the filename quoting character. This may be necessary + if you are trying to name a file which contains both spaces and + quote characters. Followed by a single character, this changes + the quote character to that character. Filenames containing a space should then be surrounded by that character rather than by - double quotes. Followed by two characters, changes the open - quote to the first character, and the close quote to the second + double quotes. Followed by two characters, changes the open + quote to the first character, and the close quote to the second character. Filenames containing a space should then be preceded - by the open quote character and followed by the close quote - character. Note that even after the quote characters are - changed, this option remains -" (a dash followed by a double + by the open quote character and followed by the close quote + character. Note that even after the quote characters are + changed, this option remains -" (a dash followed by a double quote). -~ or --tilde @@ -793,10 +788,25 @@ LESS(1) LESS(1) -# or --shift Specifies the default number of positions to scroll horizontally - in the RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. If the number speci- - fied is zero, it sets the default number of positions to one + in the RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. If the number speci- + fied is zero, it sets the default number of positions to one half of the screen width. + --no-keypad + Disables sending the keypad initialization and deinitialization + strings to the terminal. This is sometimes useful if the keypad + strings make the numeric keypad behave in an undesirable manner. + + --follow-name + Normally, if the input file is renamed while an F command is + executing, [4mless[24m will continue to display the contents of the + original file despite its name change. If --follow-name is + specified, during an F command [4mless[24m will periodically attempt to + reopen the file by name. If the reopen succeeds and the file is + a different file from the original (which means that a new file + has been created with the same name as the original (now + renamed) file), [4mless[24m will display the contents of that new file. + -- A command line argument of "--" marks the end of option argu- ments. Any arguments following this are interpreted as file- names. This can be useful when viewing a file whose name begins @@ -1149,10 +1159,10 @@ LESS(1) LESS(1) is followed by a single character (shown as [4mX[24m above) which spec- ifies the line whose byte offset is to be used. If the charac- ter is a "t", the byte offset of the top line in the display is - used, an "m" means use the middle line, a "b" means use the bot- - tom line, a "B" means use the line just after the bottom line, - and a "j" means use the "target" line, as specified by the -j - option. + used, an "m" means use the middle line, a "b" means use the + bottom line, a "B" means use the line just after the bottom + line, and a "j" means use the "target" line, as specified by the + -j option. %B Replaced by the size of the current input file. @@ -1499,10 +1509,10 @@ LESS(1) LESS(1) expressions turned off via ^R, and also does not occur when [4mless[24m is compiled to use the PCRE regular expression library. - In certain cases, when search highlighting is enabled and a search pat- - tern begins with a ^, more text than the matching string may be high- - lighted. (This problem does not occur when less is compiled to use the - POSIX regular expression package.) + In certain cases, when search highlighting is enabled and a search + pattern begins with a ^, more text than the matching string may be + highlighted. (This problem does not occur when less is compiled to use + the POSIX regular expression package.) On some systems, [4msetlocale[24m claims that ASCII characters 0 thru 31 are control characters rather than binary characters. This causes [4mless[24m to @@ -1544,4 +1554,4 @@ LESS(1) LESS(1) - Version 409: 12 Oct 2007 LESS(1) + Version 415: 15 Nov 2007 LESS(1) |
