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+++ 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>
+