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