BOOK/chapter08/less.xml

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   7
   8 <sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap">
   9   <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
  10
  11   <sect1info condition="script">
  12     <productname>less</productname>
  13     <productnumber>&less-version;</productnumber>
  14     <address>&less-url;</address>
  15   </sect1info>
  16
  17   <title>Less-&less-version;</title>
  18
  19   <indexterm zone="ch-system-less">
  20     <primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary>
  21   </indexterm>
  22
  23   <sect2 role="package">
  24     <title/>
  25
  26     <para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para>
  27
  28     <segmentedlist>
  29       <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
  30       <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
  31
  32       <seglistitem>
  33         <seg>&less-fin-sbu;</seg>
  34         <seg>&less-fin-du;</seg>
  35       </seglistitem>
  36     </segmentedlist>
  37
  38   </sect2>
  39
  40   <sect2 role="installation">
  41     <title>Installation of Less</title>
  42
  43     <para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
  44
  45 <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
  46
  47     <variablelist>
  48       <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
  49
  50       <varlistentry>
  51         <term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term>
  52         <listitem>
  53           <para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look
  54           in <filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration
  55           files.</para>
  56         </listitem>
  57       </varlistentry>
  58
  59     </variablelist>
  60
  61     <para>Compile the package:</para>
  62
  63 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
  64
  65     <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
  66
  67     <para>Install the package:</para>
  68
  69 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
  70
  71   </sect2>
  72
  73   <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content">
  74     <title>Contents of Less</title>
  75
  76     <segmentedlist>
  77       <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
  78
  79       <seglistitem>
  80         <seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg>
  81       </seglistitem>
  82     </segmentedlist>
  83
  84     <variablelist>
  85       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
  86       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
  87       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
  88
  89       <varlistentry id="less">
  90         <term><command>less</command></term>
  91         <listitem>
  92           <para>A file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given
  93           file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para>
  94           <indexterm zone="ch-system-less less">
  95             <primary sortas="b-less">less</primary>
  96           </indexterm>
  97         </listitem>
  98       </varlistentry>
  99
 100       <varlistentry id="lessecho">
 101         <term><command>lessecho</command></term>
 102         <listitem>
 103           <para>Needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis>
 104           and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para>
 105           <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho">
 106             <primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary>
 107           </indexterm>
 108         </listitem>
 109       </varlistentry>
 110
 111       <varlistentry id="lesskey">
 112         <term><command>lesskey</command></term>
 113         <listitem>
 114           <para>Used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command></para>
 115           <indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey">
 116             <primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary>
 117           </indexterm>
 118         </listitem>
 119       </varlistentry>
 120
 121     </variablelist>
 122
 123   </sect2>
 124
 125 </sect1>