source: clfs-sysroot/BOOK/final-system/common/less.xml @ 59fb197

Last change on this file since 59fb197 was 3349a3a, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 18 years ago

r3669@server (orig r1667): jciccone | 2006-05-27 18:13:38 -0700
Various text and command fixes

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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  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
10
11  <title>Less-&less-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-less">
14    <primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>
21
22  </sect2>
23
24  <sect2 role="installation">
25    <title>Installation of Less</title>
26
27    <para os="a">Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
28
29<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
30    --host=${LFS_TARGET}</userinput></screen>
31
32    <variablelist os="c">
33      <title>The meaning of the configure option:</title>
34
35      <varlistentry>
36        <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term>
37        <listitem>
38          <para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look
39          in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration
40          files.</para>
41        </listitem>
42      </varlistentry>
43    </variablelist>
44
45    <para os="d">Compile the package:</para>
46
47<screen os="e"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
48
49    <para os="f">Install the package:</para>
50
51<screen os="g"><userinput>make prefixR=${LFS}/usr install</userinput></screen>
52
53    <para os="h">Move less to /bin:</para>
54
55<screen os="i"><userinput>mv -v ${LFS}/usr/bin/less ${LFS}/bin</userinput></screen>
56
57  </sect2>
58
59  <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content">
60    <title>Contents of Less</title>
61
62    <segmentedlist>
63      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
64
65      <seglistitem>
66        <seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg>
67      </seglistitem>
68    </segmentedlist>
69
70    <variablelist>
71      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
72      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
73      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
74
75      <varlistentry id="less">
76        <term><command>less</command></term>
77        <listitem>
78          <para>A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given
79          file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para>
80          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less">
81            <primary sortas="b-less">less</primary>
82          </indexterm>
83        </listitem>
84      </varlistentry>
85
86      <varlistentry id="lessecho">
87        <term><command>lessecho</command></term>
88        <listitem>
89          <para>Needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis>
90          and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para>
91          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho">
92            <primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary>
93          </indexterm>
94        </listitem>
95      </varlistentry>
96
97      <varlistentry id="lesskey">
98        <term><command>lesskey</command></term>
99        <listitem>
100          <para>Used to specify the key bindings for
101          <command>less</command></para>
102          <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey">
103            <primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary>
104          </indexterm>
105        </listitem>
106      </varlistentry>
107
108    </variablelist>
109
110  </sect2>
111
112</sect1>
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