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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
+ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+ %general-entities;
+]>
+
+<sect1 id="ch-system-less" role="wrap">
+ <?dbhtml filename="less.html"?>
+
+ <sect1info condition="script">
+ <productname>less</productname>
+ <productnumber>&less-version;</productnumber>
+ <address>&less-url;</address>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>Less-&less-version;</title>
+
+ <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>
+ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+
+ <seglistitem>
+ <seg>&less-ch6-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&less-ch6-du;</seg>
+ </seglistitem>
+ </segmentedlist>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 role="installation">
+ <title>Installation of Less</title>
+
+ <para>Prepare Less for compilation:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+
+ <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 remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2 id="contents-less" role="content">
+ <title>Contents of Less</title>
+
+ <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"?>
+ <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
+
+ <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>