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Last change on this file since 3f8be484 was 3f8be484, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

r627@server (orig r625): jim | 2005-10-31 12:59:34 -0800
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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  <!ENTITY % patches-entities SYSTEM "../../patches.ent">
6  %general-entities;
7  %patches-entities;
8]>
9
10<sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap">
11  <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
12
13  <title>Less-&less-version;</title>
14
15  <indexterm zone="ch-system-less">
16    <primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary>
17  </indexterm>
18
19  <sect2 role="package">
20    <title/>
21
22    <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>
23
24    <segmentedlist>
25      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
26      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
27
28      <seglistitem>
29        <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
30        <seg>Not checked yet</seg>
31      </seglistitem>
32    </segmentedlist>
33
34    <segmentedlist>
35      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
36      <seglistitem>
37
38        <seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
39        GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg>
40      </seglistitem>
41    </segmentedlist>
42
43  </sect2>
44
45  <sect2 role="installation">
46    <title>Installation of Less</title>
47
48    <para os="a">Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
49
50<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
51
52    <variablelist os="b">
53      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
54
55      <varlistentry>
56        <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term>
57        <listitem>
58          <para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look
59          in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration
60          files.</para>
61        </listitem>
62      </varlistentry>
63    </variablelist>
64
65    <para os="c">Compile the package:</para>
66
67<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
68
69    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
70
71<screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
72
73  </sect2>
74
75  <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content">
76    <title>Contents of Less</title>
77
78    <segmentedlist>
79      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
80
81      <seglistitem>
82        <seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg>
83      </seglistitem>
84    </segmentedlist>
85
86    <variablelist>
87      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
88      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
89      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
90
91      <varlistentry id="less">
92        <term><command>less</command></term>
93        <listitem>
94          <para>A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given
95          file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para>
96          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less">
97            <primary sortas="b-less">less</primary>
98          </indexterm>
99        </listitem>
100      </varlistentry>
101
102      <varlistentry id="lessecho">
103        <term><command>lessecho</command></term>
104        <listitem>
105          <para>Needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis>
106          and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para>
107          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho">
108            <primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary>
109          </indexterm>
110        </listitem>
111      </varlistentry>
112
113      <varlistentry id="lesskey">
114        <term><command>lesskey</command></term>
115        <listitem>
116          <para>Used to specify the key bindings for
117          <command>less</command></para>
118          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey">
119            <primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary>
120          </indexterm>
121        </listitem>
122      </varlistentry>
123
124    </variablelist>
125
126  </sect2>
127
128</sect1>
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