Annotation of src/usr.bin/less/README, Revision 1.1.1.1
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2: === NOTE: THIS IS A DISTRIBUTION OF less (version 290) ===
3: === PLEASE REPORT ANY PROBLEMS TO THE AUTHOR AT markn@3do.com. ===
4: =======================================================================
5:
6: This is the distribution of "less", a paginator similar to "more" or "pg".
7: The formatted manual page is in less.man.
8: The manual page nroff source is in less.nro.
9: Major changes made since the last posted version are in NEWS.
10:
11: =======================================================================
12: INSTALLATION (Unix systems only):
13:
14: 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and
15: unpack it by running "sh" or "unshar" on the distribution
16: files, if you have not already done so.
17:
18: 2. Type "sh configure".
19: This will generate a Makefile and a defines.h.
20: Warning: if you have a GNU sed, make sure it is version 2.05 or later.
21:
22: 3. It is a good idea to look over the generated Makefile and defines.h
23: and make sure they look ok. If you know of any peculiarities of
24: your system that configure might not have detected, you may fix the
25: Makefile now.
26:
27: If you wish, you may edit defines.h to remove some optional features.
28: If you wish to build a "secure" version of less (which disables all
29: features which might allow a user to do unintended things to the system
30: on which less is running), edit defines.h and define SECURE to 1.
31: If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may
32: wish to edit the manual page "less.nro" and the help page "less.hlp"
33: to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing.
34:
35: 4. Type "make" and watch the fun.
36:
37: If you want less to find the help file in a directory other than
38: the default (/usr/local/share), define "datadir" to that directory.
39: For example: "make datadir=/usr/local/helpfiles"
40:
41: 5. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less"
42: in your current directory. Test the generated program.
43:
44: 6. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it
45: in a public place, type "make install".
46:
47: The default install destinations are:
48: Executables (less, lesskey) in /usr/local/bin
49: Data files (less.hlp) in /usr/local/share
50: Documentation (less.nro, lesskey.nro) in /usr/local/man/man1
51: If you want to install any of these files elsewhere, define
52: bindir, datadir, and/or mandir to the appropriate directories.
53: datadir must be defined the same as in step 4.
54:
55: If you have any problems building or running "less", suggestions,
56: complaints, etc., you may mail to the author at markn@3do.com
57:
58: Note to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed
59: in double curly brackets {{ like this }}.
60:
61:
62:
63: =======================================================================
64: INSTALLATION (MS-DOS systems only)
65:
66: 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory.
67: Make sure the source has been converted to have CR-LF rather than
68: LF as line terminators.
69:
70: 2. Rename MAKEFILE.DOS to MAKEFILE.
71:
72: 3. Look at MAKEFILE to make sure that the definitions for CC and LIBDIR
73: are correct. CC should be the name of your Microsoft C compiler and
74: LIBDIR should be the directory where the Microsoft C libraries
75: reside. If these definitions need to be changed, you can either
76: modify the definitions directly in MAKEFILE, or set your environment
77: variables CC and/or LIBDIR to override the definitions in MAKEFILE.
78:
79: 4. If you wish, you may edit DEFINES.DOS to remove some optional features.
80: If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may
81: wish to edit the manual page LESS.MAN and the help page LESS.HLP
82: to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing.
83:
84: 5. Type "make" and watch the fun.
85: You may need to invoke "make -e", if your "make" requires the -e
86: flag to import environment variables.
87: If your compiler runs out of memory, try running "make -n >cmds.bat"
88: and then run cmds.bat.
89:
90: 6. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "LESS.EXE"
91: in your current directory. Test the generated program.
92:
93: 7. When satisfied that it works, you may wish to install LESS.EXE,
94: LESSKEY.EXE and LESS.HLP in a directory which is included in
95: your PATH.
96:
97:
98:
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100: INSTALLATION (OS/2 systems only)
101:
102: 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory.
103:
104: 2. Rename Makefile.os2 to Makefile.
105:
106: 3. Check the Makefile to make sure the definitions look ok.
107:
108: 4. If you wish, you may edit defines.os2 to remove some optional features.
109: If you choose not to include some features in your version, you may
110: wish to edit the manual page less.man and the help page less.hlp
111: to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing.
112:
113: 5. Type "make" and watch the fun.
114:
115: 6. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less.exe"
116: in your current directory. Test the generated program.
117:
118: 7. Make sure you have the emx runtime installed. You need the emx DLLs
119: emx.dll and emxlibcs.dll and also the termcap database, termcap.dat.
120: Make sure you have termcap.dat either in the default location or
121: somewhere in a directory listed in the PATH or INIT environment
122: variables.
123:
124: 8. When satisfied that it works, you may wish to install less.exe,
125: lesskey.exe and less.hlp in a directory which is included in
126: your PATH.
127:
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