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diff --git a/chapter06/less.xml b/chapter06/less.xml index ccae7af41..fffd1f3ed 100644 --- a/chapter06/less.xml +++ b/chapter06/less.xml @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> -<sect1 id="ch-system-less" xreflabel="Less" role="wrap"> +<sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap"> <title>Less-&less-version;</title> <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?> <indexterm zone="ch-system-less"><primary sortas="a-Less">Less</primary></indexterm> <sect2 role="package"><title/> +<para>The Less package contains a text file viewer.</para> <segmentedlist> <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle> @@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ <seglistitem><seg>0.1 SBU</seg><seg>3.4 MB</seg></seglistitem> </segmentedlist> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Less installation depends on</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, Diffutils, +GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Ncurses, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> @@ -26,20 +32,63 @@ <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --bindir=/bin --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen> +<para>The meaning of the configure option:</para> + +<variablelist> +<varlistentry> +<term><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter></term> +<listitem><para>This option tells the programs created by the package to look in +<filename class="directory">/etc</filename> for the configuration files.</para></listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> + <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen> -<para>Now install it:</para> +<para>Install the package:</para> <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen> - </sect2> <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content"><title>Contents of Less</title> -<para>See testing</para> +<segmentedlist> +<segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> +<seglistitem><seg>less, lessecho, and lesskey</seg></seglistitem> +</segmentedlist> + +<variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> +<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> + +<varlistentry id="less"> +<term><command>less</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>a file viewer or pager; it displays the contents of the given +file, letting the user scroll, find strings, and jump to marks</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-less less"><primary sortas="b-less">less</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="lessecho"> +<term><command>lessecho</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>needed to expand meta-characters, such as <emphasis>*</emphasis> +and <emphasis>?</emphasis>, in filenames on Unix systems</para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lessecho"><primary sortas="b-lessecho">lessecho</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> + +<varlistentry id="lesskey"> +<term><command>lesskey</command></term> +<listitem> +<para>used to specify the key bindings for <command>less</command></para> +<indexterm zone="ch-system-less lesskey"><primary sortas="b-lesskey">lesskey</primary></indexterm> +</listitem> +</varlistentry> +</variablelist> </sect2> </sect1> + |