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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LESS 1 "Version 429: 11 Apr 2009" +.TH LESS 1 "Version 436: 07 Jul 2009" .SH NAME less \- opposite of more .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -864,6 +864,13 @@ Specifies the default number of positions to scroll horizontally in the RIGHTARROW and LEFTARROW commands. If the number specified is zero, it sets the default number of positions to one half of the screen width. +Alternately, the number may be specified as a fraction of the width +of the screen, starting with a decimal point: .5 is half of the +screen width, .3 is three tenths of the screen width, and so on. +If the number is specified as a fraction, the actual number of +scroll positions is recalculated if the terminal window is resized, +so that the actual scroll remains at the specified fraction +of the screen width. .IP "\-\-no-keypad" Disables sending the keypad initialization and deinitialization strings to the terminal. @@ -1149,11 +1156,19 @@ postprocessor is "\-". .PP For compatibility with previous versions of .I less, -the input pipe is not used if +the input preprocessor or pipe is not used if .I less is viewing standard input. -However, if the character after the vertical bar is a dash (\-), -the input pipe is used on standard input as well as other files. +However, if the first character of LESSOPEN is a dash (\-), +the input preprocessor is used on standard input as well as other files. +In this case, the dash is not considered to be part of +the preprocessor command. +If standard input is being viewed, the input preprocessor is passed +a file name consisting of a single dash. +Similarly, if the first two characters of LESSOPEN are vertical bar and dash +(|\-), the input pipe is used on standard input as well as other files. +Again, in this case the dash is not considered to be part of +the input pipe command. .SH "NATIONAL CHARACTER SETS" There are three types of characters in the input file: @@ -1649,7 +1664,7 @@ The name of the editor (used for the v command). lesskey(1) .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright (C) 1984-2008 Mark Nudelman +Copyright (C) 1984-2009 Mark Nudelman .PP less is part of the GNU project and is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it |