less-457 has been released for beta testing. The changes in option string parsing introduced in less-455 have been determined to cause too much incompatibility with previous versions of less. In less-457, option string parsing has been reverted to the traditional algorithm, while the new backslash escaping is available only if the new --use-backslash option appears first.
You can download it from http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/download.html If you find any bugs or have any comments, please send email to [email protected]. --Mark
