Annotation of src/usr.bin/less/NEWS, Revision 1.1.1.3
1.1.1.2 millert 1:
2: NEWS about less
3:
4: ======================================================================
5:
6: For the latest news about less, see the "less" Web page:
7: http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less
8: You can also download the latest version of less from there.
9:
10: To report bugs, suggestions or comments, send email to
11: bug-less@gnu.org or markn@greenwoodsoftware.com.
12:
13: ======================================================================
14:
1.1.1.3 ! shadchin 15: Major changes between "less" versions 443 and 444
! 16:
! 17: * Fix bug in unget handling that can cause strange effects on the
! 18: command line.
! 19:
! 20: * Remove vestiges of obsolete -l option that can cause a crash.
! 21:
! 22: ======================================================================
! 23:
! 24: Major changes between "less" versions 436 and 443
! 25:
! 26: * Change search behavior such that when a search is given an explicit
! 27: pattern, the entire displayed screen is included in the search and
! 28: not just the portion after the target line.
! 29:
! 30: * Add -A option to change search behavior to the old way: only
! 31: the portion of the screen after the target line is searched.
! 32:
! 33: * Add %F formatting to prompt strings, replaced by the last component
! 34: of the input file.
! 35:
! 36: * Control-G while editing a command exits the command.
! 37:
! 38: * Less now exits with status 2 if control-C is pressed and -K is in effect.
! 39:
! 40: * Fix "ungetc overflow" when passing long commands via the -p option.
! 41:
! 42: * Fix bug in using line filtering via the & command
! 43: in combination with -i and -I.
! 44:
! 45: * Fix bug in handling negative arguments to the -j option.
! 46:
! 47: * Fix bug in handling %t in prompt strings.
! 48:
! 49: * Improve handling of long option names.
! 50:
! 51: * Improve percentage calculation for very large files.
! 52:
! 53: ======================================================================
! 54:
! 55: Major changes between "less" versions 429 and 436
! 56:
! 57: * Don't pass "-" to non-pipe LESSOPEN unless it starts with "-".
! 58:
! 59: * Allow a fraction as the argument to the -# (--shift) option.
! 60:
! 61: * Fix highlight bug when underlined/overstruck text matches at end of line.
! 62:
! 63: * Fix non-regex searches with ctrl-R.
! 64:
! 65: ======================================================================
! 66:
! 67: Major changes between "less" versions 424 and 429
! 68:
! 69: * LESSOPEN pipe will now be used on standard input, if the LESSOPEN
! 70: environment variable begins with "|-".
! 71:
! 72: * The -D option with one number now means use the normal background color.
! 73:
! 74: * Don't change permissions on history file if it is not a regular file.
! 75:
! 76: * Fix non-ANSI-compliant code that caused problems with some compilers.
! 77:
! 78: * Fix binary file detection in UTF-8 mode.
! 79:
! 80: * Fix display problems with long lines on "ignaw" terminals.
! 81:
! 82: * Fix problem interrupting the line number calculation for initial prompt.
! 83:
! 84: * Fix SGR emulation when dealing with multiple attributes (eg. bold+underline).
! 85:
! 86: * Fix highlight bug when searching for underlined/overstruck text.
! 87:
! 88: ======================================================================
! 89:
! 90: Major changes between "less" versions 418 and 424
! 91:
! 92: * New "&" command allows filtering of lines based on a pattern.
! 93:
! 94: * Status column now displays a search match, even if the matched
! 95: string is scrolled off screen because -S is in effect.
! 96:
! 97: * Improve behavior of -F option.
! 98:
! 99: * Allow CSI character (0x9B) to work in UTF-8 mode.
! 100:
! 101: * Output carriage return at startup in case terminal doesn't default
! 102: to column 1.
! 103:
! 104: * Fix bug in '' (quote, quote) command after G command.
! 105:
! 106: ======================================================================
! 107:
! 108: Major changes between "less" versions 416 and 418
! 109:
! 110: * Color escape sequences are now supported in WIN32 build.
! 111:
! 112: * Makefile now uses EXEEXT feature of autoconf.
! 113:
! 114: * Fix search bug when using -R and text contains ANSI color escape sequences.
! 115:
! 116: * Fix crash when using -r with UTF-8 text containing 0x9B bytes.
! 117:
! 118: * Fix display bug when using ' command to move less than one page forward.
! 119:
! 120: * Update GPL to version 3.
! 121:
! 122: ======================================================================
! 123:
! 124: Major changes between "less" versions 409 and 416
! 125:
! 126: * New --follow-name option makes F command follow the name of a file
! 127: rather than the file descriptor if an open file is renamed.
! 128:
! 129: * Make searching with -i/-I work correctly with non-ASCII text.
! 130:
! 131: * Fix DJGPP build.
! 132:
! 133: ======================================================================
! 134:
! 135: Major changes between "less" versions 406 and 409
! 136:
! 137: * Support CSI escape sequences, like SGR escape sequences.
! 138:
! 139: * Fix bug which caused screen to fail to repaint when window is resized.
! 140:
! 141: * Fix bug in using -i and -I flags with non-ASCII text.
! 142:
! 143: * Fix configure bug on systems which don't support langinfo.h.
! 144:
! 145: * Fix crash when searching text containing certain invalid UTF-8 sequences.
! 146:
! 147: ======================================================================
! 148:
! 149: Major changes between "less" versions 394 and 406
! 150:
! 151: * Allow decimal point in number for % (percent) command.
! 152:
! 153: * Allow decimal point in number for -j option (fraction of screen height).
! 154:
! 155: * Make n command fetch previous pattern from history file on first search.
! 156:
! 157: * Don't rewrite history file if it has not changed.
! 158:
! 159: * Don't move to bottom of screen on first page.
! 160:
! 161: * Don't output extraneous newlines, so copy & pasting lines from the
! 162: output works better.
! 163:
! 164: * The -c option has been made identical with the -C option.
! 165:
! 166: * Allow "/dev/null" as synomym for "-" in LESSHISTFILE to indicate
! 167: that no history file should be used.
! 168:
! 169: * Search can now find text which follows a null byte, if the PCRE
! 170: library is used, or if no-regex searching (ctrl-R) is used.
! 171:
! 172: * Better compatibility with POSIX more specification.
! 173:
! 174: * Make -f work for directories.
! 175:
! 176: * Make "t" cmd traverse tags in the correct order.
! 177:
! 178: * Allow a few binary characters in the input file before warning
! 179: that the file is binary.
! 180:
! 181: * Don't warn that file is binary if it merely contains ANSI color sequences
! 182: and -R is in effect.
! 183:
! 184: * Update Unicode character tables.
! 185:
! 186: * Support DESTDIR in Makefile.
! 187:
! 188: * Fix bug when filename contains certain shell metacharacters such as "$".
! 189:
! 190: * Fix bug when resizing the window while waiting for input from a pipe.
! 191:
! 192: * Fix configure bugs.
! 193:
! 194: ======================================================================
! 195:
! 196: Major changes between "less" versions 382 and 394
! 197:
! 198: * Add history file to save search and shell command history between
! 199: invocations of less.
! 200:
! 201: * Improve behavior of history list for search and shell commands.
! 202:
! 203: * Add -K (or --quit-on-intr) option to make less exit immediately on ctrl-C.
! 204:
! 205: * Improve handling of UTF-8 files and commands, including better
! 206: line wrapping and handling double-width chars.
! 207:
! 208: * Added LESSUTFBINFMT environment variable to control display of
! 209: non-printable characters in a UTF-8 file.
! 210:
! 211: * Add --with-secure option to configure, to make it easier to
! 212: build a secure version of less.
! 213:
! 214: * Show search matches in the status column even if search highlights
! 215: are disabled via the -G option or the ESC-u command.
! 216:
! 217: * Improve performance when the file contains very long lines.
! 218:
! 219: * Add "windows" charset.
! 220:
! 221: * Add man page for lessecho.
! 222:
! 223: * Add support for erase2 character, treated same as erase.
! 224:
! 225: * Use ASCII lowercase/uppercase logic when operating on the command line.
! 226:
! 227: * Update makefile for Borland C++ 5.5.1.
! 228:
! 229: * Fix bug in calculating number of pages for %D prompt.
! 230:
! 231: * Fix bug in handling tag file error.
! 232:
! 233: * Fix obscure bug if input file is deleted while viewing help.
! 234:
! 235: * Fix bug handling filenames which include square brackets.
! 236:
! 237: * Fix possible buffer overflow in "global" tag search.
! 238:
! 239: * Fix possible buffer overflow in usage of LESSOPEN and LESSCLOSE.
! 240:
! 241: * Fix buffer overflow in reverse search.
! 242:
! 243: ======================================================================
! 244:
! 245: Major changes between "less" versions 381 and 382
! 246:
! 247: * Removed some old copyrighted code.
! 248: This probably breaks OS/9 support.
! 249:
! 250: ======================================================================
1.1.1.2 millert 251:
252: Major changes between "less" versions 378 and 381
253:
254: * New -L option to disable LESSOPEN processing.
255:
256: * Further support for large (64 bit) file addressing.
257: Large file support is now set up by the configure script.
258:
259: * Use autoconf 2.54.
260: Replace configure.in, acconfig.h, defines.h.top with configure.ac.
261:
262: * Overstriking underscore with underscore is now bold or underlined
263: depending on context.
264:
265: * Use only 7 spaces for line numbers in -N mode, if possible.
266:
267: * Fix some bugs in handling overstriking in UTF-8 files.
268:
269: * Fix some nroff issues in the man page.
270:
271: ======================================================================
272:
273: Major changes between "less" versions 376 and 378
274:
275: * Bug fixes:
276: Default buffer space is now 64K as documented.
277: Search highlighting works properly when used with -R.
278: Windows version works properly when input file contains carriage returns.
279: Clean up some compiler warnings.
280:
281: ======================================================================
282:
283: Major changes between "less" versions 358 and 376
284:
285: * -x option can now specify multiple variable-width tab stops.
286:
287: * -X option no longer disables keypad initialization.
288: New option --no-keypad disables keypad initialization.
289:
290: * New commands t and T step through multiple tag matches.
291: Added support for "global(1)" tags
292: (see http://www.gnu.org/software/global/global.html).
293:
294: * New prompt style set by option -Pw defines the message printed
295: while waiting for data in the F command.
296:
297: * System-wide lesskey file now defaults to sysless in etc directory
298: instead of .sysless in bin directory.
299: Use "configure --sysconfdir=..." to change it.
300: (For backwards compatibility, .sysless in bin is still recognized.)
301:
302: * Pressing RightArrow or LeftArrow while entering a number now shifts
303: the display N columns rather than editing the number itself.
304:
305: * Status column (enabled with -J) now shows search results.
306:
307: * Windows version sets window title.
308:
309: * Default LESSCHARSET for MS-DOS versions is now "dos".
310:
311: * Searching works better with ANSI (SGR) escape sequences.
312: ANSI color escape sequences are now supported in the MS-DOS (DJGPP) version.
313:
314: * Improved performance in reading very large pipes.
315:
316: * Eliminated some dependencies on file offets being 32 bits.
317:
318: * Fixed problems when viewing files with very long lines.
319:
320: * Fixed overstriking in UTF-8 mode, and overstriking tabs.
321:
322: * Improved horizontal shifting of text using -R option with ANSI color.
323:
324: * Improved handling of filenames containing shell metacharacters.
325:
326: * Some fixes for EBCDIC systems.
327:
328: * Some fixes for OS/2 systems.
329:
330: ======================================================================
331:
332: Major changes between "less" versions 354 and 358
333:
334: * Add -J (--status-column) option to display a status column.
335:
336: * Add -# (--shift) option to set default horizontal shift distance.
337: Default horizontal shift distance is now one-half screen width.
338:
339: * Horizontal shifting does not shift line numbers if -N is in effect.
340:
341: * Horizontal shifting acts as though -S were set, to avoid confusion.
342:
343: ======================================================================
344:
345:
346: Major changes between "less" versions 352 and 354
347:
348: * Allow space after numeric-valued command line options.
349:
350: * Fix problem with configuring terminal libraries on some systems.
351:
352: * Add support for PCRE regular expression library.
353:
354: * Add --with-regex option to configure to allow manually selecting
355: a regular expression library.
356:
357: * Fix bug compiling with SECURE = 1.
358:
359: ======================================================================
360:
361:
362: Major changes between "less" versions 346 and 352
363:
364: * Enable UTF-8 if "UTF-8" appears in locale-related environment variables.
365:
366: * Add --with-editor option to configure script.
367:
368: * The -M prompt and = message now show the top and bottom line number.
369:
370: * Fix bug in running the editor on a file whose name contains quotes, etc.
371:
372: * Fix bug in horizontal scrolling of long lines.
373:
374: * Fix bug in doing :d on a file which contains marks.
375:
376: * Fix bug causing cleared lines to sometimes be filled with standout,
377: bold, underline, etc. on certain terminals.
378:
379: * Fixes for MS-DOS (DJGPP) version.
380:
381: ======================================================================
382:
383:
384: Major changes between "less" versions 340 and 346
385:
386: * The UTF-8 character set is now supported.
387:
388: * The default character set is now latin1 rather than ascii.
389:
390: * New option -R (--RAW-CONTROL-CHARS) is like -r but handles
391: long (wrapped) lines correctly, as long as the input contains only
392: normal text and ANSI color escape sequences.
393:
394: * New option -F (--quit-if-one-screen) quits if the text fits on
395: the first screen.
396:
397: * The -w option now highlights the target line of a g or p command.
398:
399: * A system-wide lesskey file is supported (LESSKEY_SYSTEM).
400:
401: * New escape for prompt strings: %c is replaced by column number.
402:
403: * New escape for prompt strings: %P is replaced by percentage into
404: file, based on line number rather than byte offset.
405:
406: * HOME and END keys now jump to beginning of file or end of file.
407:
408: ======================================================================
409:
410:
411: Major changes between "less" versions 337 and 340
412:
413: * Command line options for less may now be given in either the old
414: single-letter form, or a new long name form (--option-name).
415: See the less man page or "less --help" for the list of long option names.
416:
417: * Command line options for lesskey may now be given in a new long name
418: form. See the lesskey man page for the list of long option names.
419:
420: * New command -- toggles an option using the long option name.
421:
422: * New command __ queries an option using the long option name.
423:
424: * The old -- command is renamed as -!.
425:
426: * If a ^P is entered between the dash and the option letter of the -
427: command, the message describing the new setting is suppressed.
428:
429: * Lesskey files may now contain \k escape sequences to represent the
430: "special" keys (arrows, PAGE-UP/PAGE-DOWN, HOME, END, INSERT, DELETE).
431:
432: * New command :d removes the current file from the list of files.
433:
434: * New option -~ (like -w before version 335)
435: suppresses tildes after end-of-file.
436:
437: * Less is now released under the GNU General Public License.
438:
439: ======================================================================
440:
441:
442: Major changes between "less" versions 335 and 337
443:
444: * Fixed bugs in "make install".
445:
446: ======================================================================
447:
448:
449: Major changes between "less" versions 332 and 335
450:
451: * The old -w flag (suppress tildes after end-of-file) has been removed.
452:
453: * New -w flag highlights the first new line after a forward-screen.
454:
455: * New -W flag highlights the first new line after any forward movement.
456:
457: * Window resize works even if LINES and/or COLUMNS environment
458: variables are incorrect.
459:
460: * New percent escapes for prompt strings:
461: %d is replaced by the page number, and
462: %D is replaced by the number of pages in the file.
463:
464: * Added charsets "iso8859" and "ebcdic".
465:
466: * In Windows version, uses HOMEDRIVE and HOMEPATH if HOME is not defined.
467:
468: * Fixed some bugs causing incorrect display on DOS/Windows.
469:
470: ======================================================================
471:
472:
473: Major changes between "less" versions 330 and 332
474:
475: * Filenames from the command line are entered into the command history,
476: so UPARROW/DOWNARROW can be used to retrieve them from the :e command.
477:
478: * Now works correctly on Windows when using a scrolling terminal
479: window (buffer larger than display window).
480:
481: * On Windows, now restores the console screen on exit.
482: Use -X to get the old behavior.
483:
484: * Fixed bug on Windows when CAPS-LOCK or NUM-LOCK is pressed.
485:
486: * Fixed bug on Windows when piping output of an interactive program.
487:
488: * Fixed bug in tags file processing when tags file has DOS-style
489: line terminators (CR/LF).
490:
491: * Fixed compilation problem on OS/2.
492:
493: ======================================================================
494:
495:
496: Major changes between "less" versions 321 and 330
497:
498: * Now supports filenames containing spaces (in double quotes).
499: New option -" can be used to change the quoting characters.
500:
501: * In filename completion, a slash is appended to a directory name.
502: If the environment variable LESSSEPARATOR is set, the value of
503: that variable, rather than a slash, is appended.
504:
505: * LeftArrow and RightArrow are same as ESC-[ and ESC-].
506:
507: * Added commands ESC-( and ESC-), same as ESC-[ and ESC-].
508:
509: * A "quit" command defined in a lesskey file may now have an "extra"
510: string, which is used to return an exit code from less when it quits.
511:
512: * New environment variables LESSMETACHARS and LESSMETAESCAPE provide
513: more control over how less interfaces to the shell.
514:
515: * Ported to Microsoft Visual C compiler for Windows.
516:
517: * Ported to DJGPP compiler for MS-DOS.
518:
519: * Bug fixes.
520:
521: ======================================================================
522:
523:
524: Major changes between "less" versions 291 and 321
525:
526: * Command line at bottom of screen now scrolls, so it can be longer
527: than the screen width.
528:
529: * New commands ESC-] and ESC-[ scroll the display horizontally.
530:
531: * New command ESC-SPACE scrolls forward a full screen, even if it
532: hits end-of-file.
533:
534: * Alternate modifiers for search commands: ^N is same as !,
535: ^F is same as @, and ^E is same as *.
536:
537: * New modifier for search commands: ^K means highlight the matches
538: currently on-screen, but don't move to the first match.
539:
540: * New modifier for search commands: ^R means don't use regular
541: expressions in the search.
542:
543: * Environment variable LESSKEY gives name of default lesskey file.
544:
545: * Environment variable LESSSECURE will force less to run in
546: "secure" mode.
547:
548: * Command line argument "--" signals that the rest of the arguments
549: are files (not option flags).
550:
551: * Help file (less.hlp) is no longer installed. Help text is now
552: embedded in the less executable itself.
553:
554: * Added -Ph to change the prompt for the help text.
555: Added -Ps to change the default short prompt (same as plain -P).
556:
557: * Ported to the Borland C compiler for MS-DOS.
558:
559: * Ported to Windows 95 & Windows NT.
560:
561: * Ported to OS-9.
562:
563: * Ported to GNU Hurd.
564:
565: ======================================================================
566:
567:
568: Major changes between "less" versions 290 and 291
569:
570: * Less environment variables can be specified in lesskey files.
571:
572: * Fixed MS-DOS build.
573:
574: ======================================================================
575:
576:
1.1 etheisen 577: Major changes between "less" versions 278 and 290
578:
579: * Accepts GNU-style options "--help" and "--version".
580:
581: * OS/2 version looks for less.ini in $HOME before $INIT and $PATH.
582:
583: * Bug fixes
584:
585: ======================================================================
586:
587:
588: Major changes between "less" versions 252 and 278
589:
590: * A LESSOPEN preprocessor may now pipe the converted file data to less,
591: rather than writing it to a temporary file.
592:
593: * Search pattern highlighting has been fixed. It now highlights
594: reliably, even if a string is split across two screen lines,
595: contains TABs, etc.
596:
597: * The -F flag (which suppress search highlighting) has been changed
598: to -G. A new flag, -g, changes search highlighting to highlight
599: only the string found by the last search command, instead of all
600: strings which match the last search command.
601:
602: * New flag -I acts like -i, but ignores case even if the search
603: pattern contains uppercase letters.
604:
605: * Less now checks for the environment variable VISUAL before EDITOR.
606:
607: * Ported to OS/2.
608:
609: ======================================================================
610:
611:
612: Major changes between "less" versions 237 and 252
613:
614: * Changes in line-editing keys:
615: The literal key is now ^V or ^A rather than \ (backslash).
616: Filename completion commands (TAB and ^L) are disabled
617: when typing a search pattern.
618:
619: * Line-editing command keys can be redefined using lesskey.
620:
621: * Lesskey with no input file defaults to $HOME/.lesskey
622: rather than standard input.
623:
624: * New option -V displays version number of less.
625:
626: * New option -V displays version number of lesskey.
627:
628: * Help file less.hlp is now installed by default in /usr/local/share
629: rather than /usr/local/lib.
630:
631:
632: ======================================================================
633:
634:
635: Major changes between "less" versions 170 and 237
636:
637: * By popular demand, text which matches the current search pattern
638: is highlighted. New -F flag disables this feature.
639:
640: * Henry Spencer's regexp.c is now included, for systems which do not
641: have a regular expression library.
642: regexp.c is Copyright (c) 1986 by University of Toronto.
643:
644: * New line-editing keys, including command history (arrow keys) and
645: filename completion (TAB).
646:
647: * Input preprocessor allows modification of input files (e.g. uncompress)
648: via LESSOPEN/LESSCLOSE environment variables.
649:
650: * New -X flag disables sending termcap "ti" and "te" (initialize and
651: deinitialize) strings to the terminal.
652:
653: * Changing -i from within less now correctly affects a subsequent
654: repeated search.
655:
656: * Searching for underlined or overstruck text now works when the -u
657: flag is in effect, rather than the -i flag.
658:
659: * Use setlocale (LANG and LC_CTYPE environment variables) to determine
660: the character set if LESSCHARSET/LESSCHARDEF are not set.
661:
662: * The default format for displaying binary characters is now standout
663: (reverse video) rather than blinking. This can still be changed by
664: setting the LESSBINFMT environment variable.
665:
666: * Use autoconf installation technology.
667:
668: * Ported to MS-DOS.
669:
670: ********************************
671: Things that may surprise you
672: ********************************
673:
674: * When you enter text at the bottom of the screen (search string,
675: filename, etc.), some keys act different than previously.
676: Specifically, \ (backslash), ESC, TAB, BACKTAB, and control-L
677: now have line editing functions.
678:
679: * Some previous unofficial versions of less were able to display
680: compressed files. The new LESSOPEN/LESSCLOSE feature now provides
681: this functionality in a different way.
682:
683: * Some previous unofficial versions of less provided a -Z flag to
684: set the number of lines of text to retain between full screen scrolls.
685: The -z-n flag (that is, -z with a negative number) provides this
686: functionality.
687:
688:
689: ======================================================================
690:
691:
692: Major changes between "less" versions 123 and 170
693:
694: * New option -j allows target lines to be positioned anywhere on screen.
695:
696: * New option -S truncates displayed line at the screen width,
697: rather than wrapping onto the next line.
698:
699: * New option -y limits amount of forward scroll.
700:
701: * New option -T specifies a "tags" file.
702:
703: * Non-printable, non-control characters are displayed in octal.
704: Such characters, as well as control characters, are displayed
705: in blinking mode.
706:
707: * New command -+ sets an option to its default.
708: * New command -- sets an option to the opposite of its default.
709:
710: * Lesskey file may have a string appended to a key's action,
711: which acts as though typed in after the command.
712:
713: * New commands ESC-^F and ESC-^B match arbitrary types of brackets.
714:
715: * New command F monitors a growing file (like "tail -f").
716:
717: * New command | pipes a section of the input file into a shell command.
718:
719: * New command :x directly jumps to a file in the command line list.
720:
721: * Search commands have been enhanced and reorganized:
722: n Repeat search, same direction.
723: N Repeat search, opposite direction.
724: ESC-/ Search forward thru file boundaries
725: ESC-? Search backward thru file boundaries
726: ESC-n Repeat search thru file boundaries, same direction.
727: ESC-N Repeat search thru file boundaries, opposite direction.
728: Special character * causes search to search thru file boundaries.
729: Special character @ causes search to begin at start/end of file list.
730:
731: * Examining a new file adds it to the command line list.
732: A list of files, or an expression which matches more than one file,
733: may be examined; all of them are added to the command line list.
734:
735: * Environment variables LESSCHARSET and LESSCHARDEF can define
736: a non-ASCII character set.
737:
738: * Partial support for MSDOS, including options -R for repainting screen
739: on quit, -v/-V to select video mode, and -W to change window size.
740:
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743:
744:
745: Major changes between "less" versions 97 and 123
746:
747: * New option (-N) causes line numbers to be displayed in the
748: text of the file (like vi "set nu").
749:
750: * New option (-?) prints help message immediately.
751:
752: * New option (-r) displays "raw" control characters, without
753: mapping them to ^X notation.
754:
755: * New option (-f) forces less to open non-regular files
756: (directories, etc).
757:
758: * New option (-k) can be used to specify lesskey files by name.
759:
760: * New option (-y) can be used to set a forward scroll limit
761: (like -h sets a backward scroll limit).
762:
763: * File marks (set by the m command) are now preserved when a new
764: file is edited. The ' command can thus be used to switch files.
765:
766: * New command ESC-/ searches all files (on the command line)
767: for a pattern.
768:
769: * New command ESC-n repeats previous search, spanning files.
770:
771: * The N command has been changed to repeat the previous search
772: in the reverse direction. The old N command is still available
773: via :n.
774:
775: * New command ESC-N repeats previous search in the reverse
776: direction and spanning files.
777:
778: * 8 bit characters are now supported. A new option (-g) can be
779: used to strip off the eighth bit (the previous behavior).
780:
781: * Options which take a following string (like -t) may now
782: optionally have a space between the option letter and the string.
783:
784: * Six new commands { } ( ) [ and ] can be used to match
785: brackets of specific types, similar to vi % command.
786:
787: * New commands z and w move forward/backward one window and
788: simultaneously set the window size.
789:
790: * Prompt string expansion now has %L for line number of the last
791: line in the file, and %E for the name of the editor.
792: Also, % escapes which refer to a line (b=bottom, t=top, etc.)
793: can use j for the jump target line.
794:
795: * New environment variable LESSEDIT can be used to tailor the
796: command string passed to the editor by the v command.
797:
798: * Examining a file which was previously examined will return
799: to the same position in the file.
800:
801: * A "%" is expanded to the current filename and a "#" to the
802: previous filename, in both shell commands and the E command.
803: (Previously % worked only in shell commands and # worked
804: only in the E command.)
805:
806: * New command ":ta" is equivalent to "-t".
807:
808: * New command "s" is equivalent to "-l".
809:
810: * The - command may be followed by "+X" to revert to the default
811: for option X, or "-X" to get the opposite of the default.
812:
813: * Lesskey files may now include characters after the action as
814: extra input to be parsed after the action; for example:
815: "toggle-option X" to toggle a specific option X.
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