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diff --git a/appendixa/less-desc.xml b/appendixa/less-desc.xml index 1a3121f81..ce2026fca 100644 --- a/appendixa/less-desc.xml +++ b/appendixa/less-desc.xml @@ -1,20 +1,26 @@ -<sect2><title>Contents</title> +<sect2><title>Contents of less-&less-contversion;</title> -<para>The Less package contains the less program</para> +<sect3><title>Program Files</title> +<para>less, lessecho and lesskey</para></sect3> -</sect2> +<sect3><title>Description</title> + +<sect4><title>less</title> +<para>The less program is a file pager (or text viewer). It +displays the contents of a file with the ability to scroll. Less is an +improvement on the common pager called <quote>more</quote>. Less has +the ability to scroll backwards through files as well and it doesn't need +to read the entire file when it starts, which makes it faster when reading +large files.</para></sect4> + +<sect4><title>lessecho</title> +<para>lessecho is needed to expand metacharacters, such as * and ?, in +filenames on Unix systems.</para></sect4> + +<sect4><title>lesskey</title> +<para>lesskey is used to specify key bindings for less.</para></sect4> -<sect2><title>Description</title> - -<para>The less program is a file pager (or text viewer). It displays the -contents -of a file with the ability to scroll. Less is an improvement on the -common -pager called <quote>more</quote>. Less has the ability to scroll -backwards -through files as well and it doesn't need to read the entire file when -it -starts, which makes it faster when reading large files.</para> +</sect3> </sect2> |