diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/less/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/less/NEWS | 48 |
1 files changed, 46 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/less/NEWS b/contrib/less/NEWS index dd06ed0abe80..4bfbfaeb833b 100644 --- a/contrib/less/NEWS +++ b/contrib/less/NEWS @@ -4,15 +4,59 @@ ====================================================================== For the latest news about less, see the "less" Web page: - http://www.flash.net/~marknu/less + http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less You can also download the latest version of less from there. To report bugs, suggestions or comments, send email to - bug-less@gnu.org or marknu@flash.net. + bug-less@gnu.org or markn@greenwoodsoftware.com. ====================================================================== + Major changes between "less" versions 358 and 371 + +* -x option can now specify multiple variable-width tab stops. + +* -X option no longer disables keypad initialization. + New option --no-keypad disables keypad initialization. + +* New commands t and T step through multiple tag matches. + Added support for "global(1)" tags + (see http://www.gnu.org/software/global/global.html). + +* New prompt style set by option -Pw defines the message printed + while waiting for data in the F command. + +* System-wide lesskey file now defaults to sysless in etc directory + instead of .sysless in bin directory. + Use "configure --sysconfdir=..." to change it. + (For backwards compatibility, .sysless in bin is still recognized.) + +* Pressing RightArrow or LeftArrow while entering a number now shifts + the display N columns rather than editing the number itself. + +* Status column (enabled with -J) now shows search results. + +* Windows version sets window title. + +* Default LESSCHARSET for MS-DOS versions is now "dos". + +* Improved performance in reading very large files. + +* Eliminated some dependencies on file offets being 32 bits. + +* Fixed problems when viewing files with very long lines. + +* Fixed overstriking in UTF-8 mode, and overstriking tabs. + +* Improved horizontal shifting of text using -R option with ANSI color. + +* Some fixes for EBCDIC systems. + +* Some fixes for OS/2 systems. + +====================================================================== + Major changes between "less" versions 354 and 358 * Add -J (--status-column) option to display a status column. |