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- This is the distribution of less, version 332, released 22 Apr 97
- Please report any problems to the author at markn@fog.net.
- (Please note change of email address.)
- See http://www.fog.net/markn/less for the latest info.
- =========================================================================
-
- 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.
-
- ===================
- ===== WARNING =====
- ===================
- The Microsoft C port for MS-DOS and the Ultra C port
- for OS-9 are not currently working.
- Until these are fixed, for MS-DOS use Borland C or DJGPP,
- and for OS-9 use Microware C.
- If you have fixes for either of these ports,
- send them to markn@fog.net.
-
- =======================================================================
- INSTALLATION (Unix systems only):
-
- 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.
-
- 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.
-
- 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
- features which might allow a user to do unintended things to the system
- on which less is running), edit defines.h and define SECURE to 1.
- 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.
-
- 5. If the make succeeds, it will generate the programs "less",
- "lesskey" and "lessecho" in your current directory. Test the
- generated programs.
-
- 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, 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 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@fog.net.
-
- Note to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed
- in double curly brackets {{ like this }}.
-
-
-
- =======================================================================
- INSTALLATION (MS-DOS systems only,
- with Microsoft C, Borland C, or DJGPP)
-
- 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory.
- Depending on your compiler, you may need to convert the source
- to have CR-LF rather than LF as line terminators.
-
- 2. If you are using Microsoft C, rename MAKEFILE.DSM 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 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.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 HELP.C
- to remove the descriptions of the features which you are removing.
-
- 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 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 and
- LESSKEY.EXE in a directory which is included in your PATH.
-
-
-
- =======================================================================
- INSTALLATION (Windows-95 and Windows-NT systems only,
- with Borland C or Microsoft Visual C++)
-
- 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory.
-
- 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.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 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. 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
- somewhere in a directory listed in the PATH or INIT environment
- variables.
-
- 8. 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-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.
-
-