- less(1) should explain what it does before it talks about more(1) - reference the COMMANDS section directly when mentioning commands - add HISTORY to less.1 - credit Garret D'Amore in AUTHORS since he is also attributed in the source code as a copyright holder - it is false that more(1) can be invoked with the options of less(1)
Regards, Evan Silberman P.S. patch generated with got(1), neat. diff 3474c532363343e2e65328f8389848966744ce51 99ab9c189b3b40d7b96cd17ef241b444a0bf456a blob - 8e6971c243372003b031bba7e37bc50ff3ab8030 blob + 44d9b5001fa119c53e0cf27f9e103d23f5e48dc2 --- usr.bin/less/less.1 +++ usr.bin/less/less.1 @@ -48,30 +48,22 @@ .Op Ar .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is a program similar to the traditional -.Xr more 1 , -but with many more features. -It displays text one screenful at a time. -After showing each screenful, it prompts the user for a command. +displays text one screenful at a time. +After showing each screenful, it prompts the user for a command, +as described in +.Sx COMMANDS . When showing the last line of a file, .Nm displays a prompt indicating end of file and the name of the next file to examine, if any. It then waits for input from the user. .Pp -Commands are based on both traditional -.Xr more 1 -and -.Xr vi 1 . -Commands may be preceded by a decimal number, -called -.Ar N -in the descriptions below. -The number is used by some commands, as indicated. -.Pp -This version of .Nm -also acts as +is similar to the traditional +.Xr more 1 , +but with many more features. +.Nm +will behave like .Xr more 1 if it is called as .Nm more , @@ -757,6 +749,14 @@ command described previously may also be used to set (or change) an initial command for every file. .El .Sh COMMANDS +Commands are based on both traditional +.Xr more 1 +and +.Xr vi 1 . +Commands may be preceded by a decimal number, +called +.Ar N +in the descriptions below. In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X. ESC stands for the ESCAPE key; for example ESC-v means the two character sequence "ESCAPE", then "v". @@ -1916,5 +1916,16 @@ is used. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr lesskey 1 , .Xr more 1 +.Sh HISTORY +Mark Nudelman created +.Nm +beginning in 1983; it was first published in 1985. +.Nm +was included in +.Ox 2.0 . +The present implementation is based on a fork by Garret D'Amore and +first appeared in +.Ox 5.9 . .Sh AUTHORS -.An Mark Nudelman . +.An Mark Nudelman Aq Mt ma...@greenwoodsoftware.com +.An Garret D'Amore blob - 66b4ee23971952e3f9297adf54dc1a5f0276f81b blob + e4eba49ed8b04c2a68ae66190cc1273fce350f3d --- usr.bin/less/more.1 +++ usr.bin/less/more.1 @@ -65,17 +65,6 @@ It then waits for input from the user. Scrolling forward switches to the next file, or exits if there is none. .Pp -This version of -.Nm -is actually -.Xr less 1 -in disguise. -As such, it will also accept options documented in -.Xr less 1 . -This manual page describes only features -relevant to a POSIX compliant -.Nm . -.Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl c @@ -318,5 +307,9 @@ A .Nm command appeared in .Bx 3.0 . +The present implementation is actually +.Xr less 1 +in disguise. .Sh AUTHORS .An Mark Nudelman Aq Mt ma...@greenwoodsoftware.com +.An Garret D'Amore
