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+                      NEWS about less
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+   For the latest news about less, see the "less" Web page:
+       http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less
+   You can also download the latest version of less from there.
+ 
+   To report bugs, suggestions or comments, send email to 
+   bug-less@gnu.org or markn@greenwoodsoftware.com.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 381 and 382
+ 
+ * Removed some old copyrighted code.
+   This probably breaks OS/9 support.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 378 and 381
+ 
+ * New -L option to disable LESSOPEN processing.
+ 
+ * Further support for large (64 bit) file addressing.
+   Large file support is now set up by the configure script.
+ 
+ * Use autoconf 2.54.
+   Replace configure.in, acconfig.h, defines.h.top with configure.ac.
+ 
+ * Overstriking underscore with underscore is now bold or underlined 
+   depending on context.
+ 
+ * Use only 7 spaces for line numbers in -N mode, if possible.
+ 
+ * Fix some bugs in handling overstriking in UTF-8 files.
+ 
+ * Fix some nroff issues in the man page.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 376 and 378
+ 
+ * Bug fixes:
+   Default buffer space is now 64K as documented.
+   Search highlighting works properly when used with -R.
+   Windows version works properly when input file contains carriage returns.
+   Clean up some compiler warnings.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 358 and 376
+ 
+ * -x option can now specify multiple variable-width tab stops.
+ 
+ * -X option no longer disables keypad initialization.
+   New option --no-keypad disables keypad initialization.
+ 
+ * New commands t and T step through multiple tag matches.
+   Added support for "global(1)" tags
+   (see http://www.gnu.org/software/global/global.html).
+ 
+ * New prompt style set by option -Pw defines the message printed 
+   while waiting for data in the F command.
+ 
+ * System-wide lesskey file now defaults to sysless in etc directory 
+   instead of .sysless in bin directory.
+   Use "configure --sysconfdir=..." to change it.
+   (For backwards compatibility, .sysless in bin is still recognized.)
+ 
+ * Pressing RightArrow or LeftArrow while entering a number now shifts
+   the display N columns rather than editing the number itself.
+ 
+ * Status column (enabled with -J) now shows search results.
+ 
+ * Windows version sets window title.
+ 
+ * Default LESSCHARSET for MS-DOS versions is now "dos".
+ 
+ * Searching works better with ANSI (SGR) escape sequences.
+   ANSI color escape sequences are now supported in the MS-DOS (DJGPP) version.
+ 
+ * Improved performance in reading very large pipes.
+ 
+ * Eliminated some dependencies on file offets being 32 bits.
+ 
+ * Fixed problems when viewing files with very long lines.
+ 
+ * Fixed overstriking in UTF-8 mode, and overstriking tabs.
+ 
+ * Improved horizontal shifting of text using -R option with ANSI color.
+ 
+ * Improved handling of filenames containing shell metacharacters.
+ 
+ * Some fixes for EBCDIC systems.
+ 
+ * Some fixes for OS/2 systems.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 354 and 358
+ 
+ * Add -J (--status-column) option to display a status column.
+ 
+ * Add -# (--shift) option to set default horizontal shift distance.
+   Default horizontal shift distance is now one-half screen width.
+ 
+ * Horizontal shifting does not shift line numbers if -N is in effect.
+ 
+ * Horizontal shifting acts as though -S were set, to avoid confusion.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 352 and 354
+ 
+ * Allow space after numeric-valued command line options.
+ 
+ * Fix problem with configuring terminal libraries on some systems.
+ 
+ * Add support for PCRE regular expression library.
+ 
+ * Add --with-regex option to configure to allow manually selecting
+   a regular expression library.
+ 
+ * Fix bug compiling with SECURE = 1.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 346 and 352
+ 
+ * Enable UTF-8 if "UTF-8" appears in locale-related environment variables.
+ 
+ * Add --with-editor option to configure script.
+ 
+ * The -M prompt and = message now show the top and bottom line number.
+ 
+ * Fix bug in running the editor on a file whose name contains quotes, etc.
+ 
+ * Fix bug in horizontal scrolling of long lines.
+ 
+ * Fix bug in doing :d on a file which contains marks.
+ 
+ * Fix bug causing cleared lines to sometimes be filled with standout, 
+   bold, underline, etc. on certain terminals.
+ 
+ * Fixes for MS-DOS (DJGPP) version.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 340 and 346
+ 
+ * The UTF-8 character set is now supported.
+ 
+ * The default character set is now latin1 rather than ascii.
+ 
+ * New option -R (--RAW-CONTROL-CHARS) is like -r but handles 
+   long (wrapped) lines correctly, as long as the input contains only 
+   normal text and ANSI color escape sequences.
+ 
+ * New option -F (--quit-if-one-screen) quits if the text fits on
+   the first screen.
+ 
+ * The -w option now highlights the target line of a g or p command.
+ 
+ * A system-wide lesskey file is supported (LESSKEY_SYSTEM).
+ 
+ * New escape for prompt strings: %c is replaced by column number.
+ 
+ * New escape for prompt strings: %P is replaced by percentage into
+   file, based on line number rather than byte offset.
+ 
+ * HOME and END keys now jump to beginning of file or end of file.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 337 and 340
+ 
+ * Command line options for less may now be given in either the old 
+   single-letter form, or a new long name form (--option-name).
+   See the less man page or "less --help" for the list of long option names.
+ 
+ * Command line options for lesskey may now be given in a new long name
+   form.  See the lesskey man page for the list of long option names.
+ 
+ * New command -- toggles an option using the long option name.
+ 
+ * New command __ queries an option using the long option name.
+ 
+ * The old -- command is renamed as -!.
+ 
+ * If a ^P is entered between the dash and the option letter of the -
+   command, the message describing the new setting is suppressed.
+ 
+ * Lesskey files may now contain \k escape sequences to represent the
+   "special" keys (arrows, PAGE-UP/PAGE-DOWN, HOME, END, INSERT, DELETE).
+ 
+ * New command :d removes the current file from the list of files.
+ 
+ * New option -~ (like -w before version 335)
+   suppresses tildes after end-of-file.
+ 
+ * Less is now released under the GNU General Public License.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 335 and 337
+ 
+ * Fixed bugs in "make install".
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 332 and 335
+ 
+ * The old -w flag (suppress tildes after end-of-file) has been removed.
+ 
+ * New -w flag highlights the first new line after a forward-screen.
+ 
+ * New -W flag highlights the first new line after any forward movement.
+ 
+ * Window resize works even if LINES and/or COLUMNS environment 
+   variables are incorrect.
+ 
+ * New percent escapes for prompt strings:
+   %d is replaced by the page number, and
+   %D is replaced by the number of pages in the file.
+ 
+ * Added charsets "iso8859" and "ebcdic".
+ 
+ * In Windows version, uses HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH if HOME is not defined.
+ 
+ * Fixed some bugs causing incorrect display on DOS/Windows.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 330 and 332
+ 
+ * Filenames from the command line are entered into the command history,
+   so UPARROW/DOWNARROW can be used to retrieve them from the :e command.
+ 
+ * Now works correctly on Windows when using a scrolling terminal
+   window (buffer larger than display window).
+ 
+ * On Windows, now restores the console screen on exit.  
+   Use -X to get the old behavior.
+ 
+ * Fixed bug on Windows when CAPS-LOCK or NUM-LOCK is pressed.
+ 
+ * Fixed bug on Windows when piping output of an interactive program.
+ 
+ * Fixed bug in tags file processing when tags file has DOS-style
+   line terminators (CR/LF).
+ 
+ * Fixed compilation problem on OS/2.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 321 and 330
+ 
+ * Now supports filenames containing spaces (in double quotes).
+   New option -" can be used to change the quoting characters.
+ 
+ * In filename completion, a slash is appended to a directory name.
+   If the environment variable LESSSEPARATOR is set, the value of
+   that variable, rather than a slash, is appended.
+ 
+ * LeftArrow and RightArrow are same as ESC-[ and ESC-].
+ 
+ * Added commands ESC-( and ESC-), same as ESC-[ and ESC-].
+ 
+ * A "quit" command defined in a lesskey file may now have an "extra" 
+   string, which is used to return an exit code from less when it quits.
+ 
+ * New environment variables LESSMETACHARS and LESSMETAESCAPE provide
+   more control over how less interfaces to the shell.
+ 
+ * Ported to Microsoft Visual C compiler for Windows.
+ 
+ * Ported to DJGPP compiler for MS-DOS.
+ 
+ * Bug fixes.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 291 and 321
+ 
+ * Command line at bottom of screen now scrolls, so it can be longer 
+   than the screen width.
+ 
+ * New commands ESC-] and ESC-[ scroll the display horizontally.
+ 
+ * New command ESC-SPACE scrolls forward a full screen, even if it
+   hits end-of-file.
+ 
+ * Alternate modifiers for search commands: ^N is same as !,
+   ^F is same as @, and ^E is same as *.
+ 
+ * New modifier for search commands: ^K means highlight the matches
+   currently on-screen, but don't move to the first match.
+ 
+ * New modifier for search commands: ^R means don't use regular
+   expressions in the search.
+ 
+ * Environment variable LESSKEY gives name of default lesskey file.
+ 
+ * Environment variable LESSSECURE will force less to run in
+   "secure" mode.
+ 
+ * Command line argument "--" signals that the rest of the arguments
+   are files (not option flags).
+ 
+ * Help file (less.hlp) is no longer installed.  Help text is now 
+   embedded in the less executable itself.
+ 
+ * Added -Ph to change the prompt for the help text.
+   Added -Ps to change the default short prompt (same as plain -P).
+ 
+ * Ported to the Borland C compiler for MS-DOS.
+ 
+ * Ported to Windows 95 & Windows NT.
+ 
+ * Ported to OS-9.
+ 
+ * Ported to GNU Hurd.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
+ 	Major changes between "less" versions 290 and 291
+ 
+ * Less environment variables can be specified in lesskey files.
+ 
+ * Fixed MS-DOS build.
+ 
+ ======================================================================
+ 
+ 
  	Major changes between "less" versions 278 and 290
  
  * Accepts GNU-style options "--help" and "--version".