less.xml 2.9 KB

1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768697071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192939495
  1. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
  2. <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
  3. <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
  4. %general-entities;
  5. ]>
  6. <sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap">
  7. <title>Less-&less-version;</title>
  8. <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
  9. <indexterm zone="ch-system-less"><primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary></indexterm>
  10. <sect2 role="package"><title/>
  11. <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>
  12. <segmentedlist>
  13. <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  14. <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  15. <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.4 MB</seg></seglistitem>
  16. </segmentedlist>
  17. <segmentedlist>
  18. <segtitle>Less installation depends on</segtitle>
  19. <seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils,
  20. GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem>
  21. </segmentedlist>
  22. </sect2>
  23. <sect2 role="installation">
  24. <title>Installation of Less</title>
  25. <para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
  26. <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
  27. <para>The meaning of the configure option:</para>
  28. <variablelist>
  29. <varlistentry>
  30. <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term>
  31. <listitem><para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look in
  32. <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration files.</para></listitem>
  33. </varlistentry>
  34. </variablelist>
  35. <para>Compile the package:</para>
  36. <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
  37. <para>Install the package:</para>
  38. <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
  39. </sect2>
  40. <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content"><title>Contents of Less</title>
  41. <segmentedlist>
  42. <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  43. <seglistitem><seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg></seglistitem>
  44. </segmentedlist>
  45. <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  46. <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  47. <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  48. <varlistentry id="less">
  49. <term><command>less</command></term>
  50. <listitem>
  51. <para>a file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given
  52. file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para>
  53. <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"><primary sortas="b-less">less</primary></indexterm>
  54. </listitem>
  55. </varlistentry>
  56. <varlistentry id="lessecho">
  57. <term><command>lessecho</command></term>
  58. <listitem>
  59. <para>needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis>
  60. and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para>
  61. <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"><primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary></indexterm>
  62. </listitem>
  63. </varlistentry>
  64. <varlistentry id="lesskey">
  65. <term><command>lesskey</command></term>
  66. <listitem>
  67. <para>used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command></para>
  68. <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey"><primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary></indexterm>
  69. </listitem>
  70. </varlistentry>
  71. </variablelist>
  72. </sect2>
  73. </sect1>