On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 11:57:23AM -0700, Evan Silberman wrote: > bump >
i'm taking care of it. please be patient... jmc > Evan Silberman <e...@jklol.net> wrote: > > - 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 > >
