=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/less/Attic/README,v retrieving revision 1.1.1.1 retrieving revision 1.1.1.2 diff -u -r1.1.1.1 -r1.1.1.2 --- src/usr.bin/less/Attic/README 1996/09/21 05:39:44 1.1.1.1 +++ src/usr.bin/less/Attic/README 2003/04/13 18:21:21 1.1.1.2 @@ -1,9 +1,31 @@ -======================================================================= -=== NOTE: THIS IS A DISTRIBUTION OF less (version 290) === -=== PLEASE REPORT ANY PROBLEMS TO THE AUTHOR AT markn@3do.com. === -======================================================================= + Less, version 381 + + This is the distribution of less, version 381, released 17 Jan 2003. + This program is part of the GNU project (http://www.gnu.org). + + This program is free software. You may redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of either: + + 1. The GNU General Public License, as published by the Free + Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any + later version. A copy of this license is in the file COPYING. + or + 2. The Less License, in the file LICENSE. + + Please report any problems to bug-less@gnu.org or markn@greenwoodsoftware.com. + See http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less for the latest info. + You may also contact the author at: + Mark Nudelman + Greenwood Software + PO Box 2402 + El Granada, CA 94018 + USA + +========================================================================= + This is the distribution of "less", a paginator similar to "more" or "pg". + The formatted manual page is in less.man. The manual page nroff source is in less.nro. Major changes made since the last posted version are in NEWS. @@ -11,18 +33,38 @@ ======================================================================= INSTALLATION (Unix systems only): -1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and - unpack it by running "sh" or "unshar" on the distribution - files, if you have not already done so. +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and unpack it, + if you have not already done so. 2. Type "sh configure". This will generate a Makefile and a defines.h. Warning: if you have a GNU sed, make sure it is version 2.05 or later. + The file INSTALL describes the usage of the configure program in + general. In addition, these options to configure are supported: + + --with-editor=program + Specifies the default editor program used by the "v" command. + The default is "vi". + --with-regex=lib + Specifies the regular expression library used by less for pattern + matching. The default is "auto", which means the configure program + finds a regular expression library automatically. Other values are: + posix Use the POSIX-compatible regcomp. + pcre Use the PCRE library. + regcmp Use the regcmp library. + re_comp Use the re_comp library. + regcomp Use the V8-compatible regcomp. + regcomp-local Use Henry Spencer's V8-compatible regcomp + (source is supplied with less). + 3. It is a good idea to look over the generated Makefile and defines.h and make sure they look ok. If you know of any peculiarities of your system that configure might not have detected, you may fix the - Makefile now. + Makefile now. Take particular notice of the list of "terminal" + libraries in the LIBS definition in the Makefile; these may need + to be edited. The terminal libraries will be some subset of + -lncurses -lcurses -ltermcap -ltermlib If you wish, you may edit defines.h to remove some optional features. If you wish to build a "secure" version of less (which disables all @@ -31,29 +73,25 @@ If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may wish to edit the manual page "less.nro" and the help page "less.hlp" to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + If you edit less.hlp, you should run "make -f Makefile.aut help.c". 4. Type "make" and watch the fun. - If you want less to find the help file in a directory other than - the default (/usr/local/share), define "datadir" to that directory. - For example: "make datadir=/usr/local/helpfiles" +5. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less", + "lesskey" and "lessecho" in your current directory. Test the + generated programs. -5. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less" - in your current directory. Test the generated program. - 6. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it in a public place, type "make install". The default install destinations are: - Executables (less, lesskey) in /usr/local/bin - Data files (less.hlp) in /usr/local/share - Documentation (less.nro, lesskey.nro) in /usr/local/man/man1 + Executables (less, lesskey, lessecho) in /usr/local/bin + Documentation (less.nro, lesskey.nro) in /usr/local/man/man1 If you want to install any of these files elsewhere, define - bindir, datadir, and/or mandir to the appropriate directories. - datadir must be defined the same as in step 4. + bindir and/or mandir to the appropriate directories. If you have any problems building or running "less", suggestions, -complaints, etc., you may mail to the author at markn@3do.com +complaints, etc., you may mail to the author at markn@greenwoodsoftware.com. Note to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed in double curly brackets {{ like this }}. @@ -61,60 +99,92 @@ ======================================================================= -INSTALLATION (MS-DOS systems only) +INSTALLATION (MS-DOS systems only, + with Microsoft C, Borland C, or DJGPP) 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. - Make sure the source has been converted to have CR-LF rather than - LF as line terminators. + Depending on your compiler, you may need to convert the source + to have CR-LF rather than LF as line terminators. -2. Rename MAKEFILE.DOS to MAKEFILE. +2. If you are using Microsoft C, rename MAKEFILE.DSU to MAKEFILE. + If you are using Borland C, rename MAKEFILE.DSB to MAKEFILE. + If you are using DJGPP, rename MAKEFILE.DSG to MAKEFILE. 3. Look at MAKEFILE to make sure that the definitions for CC and LIBDIR - are correct. CC should be the name of your Microsoft C compiler and - LIBDIR should be the directory where the Microsoft C libraries - reside. If these definitions need to be changed, you can either - modify the definitions directly in MAKEFILE, or set your environment - variables CC and/or LIBDIR to override the definitions in MAKEFILE. + are correct. CC should be the name of your C compiler and + LIBDIR should be the directory where the C libraries reside (for + Microsoft C only). If these definitions need to be changed, you can + either modify the definitions directly in MAKEFILE, or set your + environment variables CC and/or LIBDIR to override the definitions + in MAKEFILE. -4. If you wish, you may edit DEFINES.DOS to remove some optional features. +4. If you wish, you may edit DEFINES.DS to remove some optional features. If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may - wish to edit the manual page LESS.MAN and the help page LESS.HLP + wish to edit the manual page LESS.MAN and the help page HELP.C to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. -5. Type "make" and watch the fun. - You may need to invoke "make -e", if your "make" requires the -e - flag to import environment variables. +5. Run your "make" program and watch the fun. + If your "make" requires a flag to import environment variables, + you should use that flag. If your compiler runs out of memory, try running "make -n >cmds.bat" and then run cmds.bat. -6. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "LESS.EXE" - in your current directory. Test the generated program. +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "LESS.EXE" and + "LESSKEY.EXE" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. -7. When satisfied that it works, you may wish to install LESS.EXE, - LESSKEY.EXE and LESS.HLP in a directory which is included in - your PATH. +7. When satisfied that it works, you may wish to install LESS.EXE and + LESSKEY.EXE in a directory which is included in your PATH. ======================================================================= -INSTALLATION (OS/2 systems only) +INSTALLATION (Windows-95, Windows-98 and Windows-NT systems only, + with Borland C or Microsoft Visual C++) 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. -2. Rename Makefile.os2 to Makefile. +2. If you are using Borland C, rename Makefile.wnb to Makefile. + If you are using Microsoft Visual C++, rename Makefile.wnm to Makefile. 3. Check the Makefile to make sure the definitions look ok. -4. If you wish, you may edit defines.os2 to remove some optional features. +4. If you wish, you may edit defines.wn to remove some optional features. If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may - wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page less.hlp + wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page help.c to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. 5. Type "make" and watch the fun. -6. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less.exe" - in your current directory. Test the generated program. +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less.exe" and + "lesskey.exe" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. +7. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it + in a public place, type "make install". + See step 6 of the Unix installation instructions for details + on how to change the default installation directories. + + + +======================================================================= +INSTALLATION (OS/2 systems only, + with EMX C) + +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. + +2. Rename Makefile.o2e to Makefile. + +3. Check the Makefile to make sure the definitions look ok. + +4. If you wish, you may edit defines.o2 to remove some optional features. + If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may + wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page help.c + to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + +5. Type "make" and watch the fun. + +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less.exe" and + "lesskey.exe" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. + 7. Make sure you have the emx runtime installed. You need the emx DLLs emx.dll and emxlibcs.dll and also the termcap database, termcap.dat. Make sure you have termcap.dat either in the default location or @@ -122,6 +192,44 @@ variables. 8. When satisfied that it works, you may wish to install less.exe, - lesskey.exe and less.hlp in a directory which is included in - your PATH. + lesskey.exe and scrsize.exe in a directory which is included in + your PATH. scrsize.exe is required only if you use a terminal + emulator such as xterm or rxvt. + + +======================================================================= +INSTALLATION (OS-9 systems only, + with Microware C or Ultra C) + +1. Move the distributed source to its own directory. + +2. If you are using Microware C, rename Makefile.o9c to Makefile. + If you are using Ultra C, rename Makefile.o9u to Makefile. + +3. Check the Makefile to make sure the definitions look ok. + +4. If you wish, you may edit defines.o9 to remove some optional features. + If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may + wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page help.c + to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing. + +5. Type "dmake" and watch the fun. + The standard OS-9 "make" will probably not work. If you don't + have dmake, you can get a copy from os9archive.rtsi.com. + +6. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less" and + "lesskey" in your current directory. Test the generated programs. + +7. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it + in a public place, type "dmake install". + See step 6 of the Unix installation instructions for details + on how to change the default installation directories. + +======================================================================= +ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: + Some versions of the less distribution are packaged using + Info-ZIP's compression utility. + Info-ZIP's software is free and can be obtained as source + code or executables from various anonymous-ftp sites, + including ftp.uu.net:/pub/archiving/zip.