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diff --git a/lesskey.man b/lesskey.man index 413f6aa5a8a8..8692f3fead56 100644 --- a/lesskey.man +++ b/lesskey.man @@ -16,24 +16,25 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) The input file is a text file which describes the key bindings. If the input file is "-", standard input is read. If no input file is speci- fied, a standard filename is used as the name of the input file, which - depends on the system being used: On Unix systems, $HOME/.lesskey is - used; on MS-DOS systems, $HOME/_lesskey is used; and on OS/2 systems - $HOME/lesskey.ini is used, or $INIT/lesskey.ini if $HOME is undefined. - The output file is a binary file which is used by [4mless[24m. If no output - file is specified, and the environment variable LESSKEY is set, the - value of LESSKEY is used as the name of the output file. Otherwise, a - standard filename is used as the name of the output file, which depends - on the system being used: On Unix and OS-9 systems, $HOME/.less is - used; on MS-DOS systems, $HOME/_less is used; and on OS/2 systems, - $HOME/less.ini is used, or $INIT/less.ini if $HOME is undefined. If - the output file already exists, [4mlesskey[24m will overwrite it. + depends on the system being used: On Unix systems, "$HOME/.lesskey" is + used; on MS-DOS systems, "$HOME/_lesskey" is used; and on OS/2 systems + "$HOME/lesskey.ini" is used, or "$INIT/lesskey.ini" if $HOME is unde- + fined. The output file is a binary file which is used by [4mless[24m. If no + output file is specified, and the environment variable LESSKEY is set, + the value of LESSKEY is used as the name of the output file. Other- + wise, a standard filename is used as the name of the output file, which + depends on the system being used: On Unix and OS-9 systems, + "$HOME/.less" is used; on MS-DOS systems, "$HOME/_less" is used; and on + OS/2 systems, "$HOME/less.ini" is used, or "$INIT/less.ini" if $HOME is + undefined. If the output file already exists, [4mlesskey[24m will overwrite + it. - The -V or --version option causes [4mlesskey[24m to print its version number + The -V or --version option causes [4mlesskey[24m to print its version number and immediately exit. If -V or --version is present, other options and arguments are ignored. - The input file consists of one or more [4msections.[24m Each section starts - with a line that identifies the type of section. Possible sections + The input file consists of one or more [4msections.[24m Each section starts + with a line that identifies the type of section. Possible sections are: #command @@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) #env Defines environment variables. - Blank lines and lines which start with a pound sign (#) are ignored, + Blank lines and lines which start with a pound sign (#) are ignored, except for the special section header lines. [1mCOMMAND SECTION[0m @@ -52,18 +53,18 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) #command - If the command section is the first section in the file, this line may + If the command section is the first section in the file, this line may be omitted. The command section consists of lines of the form: [4mstring[24m <whitespace> [4maction[24m [extra-string] <newline> - Whitespace is any sequence of one or more spaces and/or tabs. The - [4mstring[24m is the command key(s) which invoke the action. The [4mstring[24m may + Whitespace is any sequence of one or more spaces and/or tabs. The + [4mstring[24m is the command key(s) which invoke the action. The [4mstring[24m may be a single command key, or a sequence of up to 15 keys. The [4maction[24m is - the name of the less action, from the list below. The characters in - the [4mstring[24m may appear literally, or be prefixed by a caret to indicate - a control key. A backslash followed by one to three octal digits may - be used to specify a character by its octal value. A backslash fol- + the name of the less action, from the list below. The characters in + the [4mstring[24m may appear literally, or be prefixed by a caret to indicate + a control key. A backslash followed by one to three octal digits may + be used to specify a character by its octal value. A backslash fol- lowed by certain characters specifies input characters as follows: \b BACKSPACE @@ -95,16 +96,17 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) \kx DELETE A backslash followed by any other character indicates that character is - to be taken literally. Characters which must be preceded by backslash + to be taken literally. Characters which must be preceded by backslash include caret, space, tab and the backslash itself. An action may be followed by an "extra" string. When such a command is entered while running [4mless[24m, the action is performed, and then the extra - string is parsed, just as if it were typed in to [4mless[24m. This feature - can be used in certain cases to extend the functionality of a command. - For example, see the "{" and ":t" commands in the example below. The - extra string has a special meaning for the "quit" action: when [4mless[0m - quits, first character of the extra string is used as its exit status. + string is parsed, just as if it were typed in to [4mless[24m. This feature + can be used in certain cases to extend the functionality of a command. + For example, see the "{" and ":t" commands in the example below. The + extra string has a special meaning for the "quit" action: when [4mless[0m + quits, the first character of the extra string is used as its exit sta- + tus. [1mEXAMPLE[0m The following input file describes the set of default command keys used @@ -127,9 +129,9 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) J forw-line-force K back-line-force Y back-line-force + d forw-scroll ^D forw-scroll - u back-scroll ^U back-scroll \40 forw-screen @@ -151,6 +153,7 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) ^R repaint ^L repaint \eu undo-hilite + \eU clear-search g goto-line \kh goto-line < goto-line @@ -192,10 +195,10 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) & filter m set-mark M set-mark-bottom + \em clear-mark ' goto-mark ^X^X goto-mark - E examine :e examine ^X^V examine @@ -332,7 +335,7 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) represented as \340 in a lesskey file. [1mCOPYRIGHT[0m - Copyright (C) 1984-2020 Mark Nudelman + Copyright (C) 1984-2021 Mark Nudelman less is part of the GNU project and is free software. You can redis- tribute it and/or modify it under the terms of either (1) the GNU Gen- @@ -351,8 +354,8 @@ LESSKEY(1) General Commands Manual LESSKEY(1) [1mAUTHOR[0m Mark Nudelman - Send bug reports or comments to <bug-less@gnu.org>. + Report bugs at https://github.com/gwsw/less/issues. - Version 563: 13 Jun 2020 LESSKEY(1) + Version 581: 06 Apr 2021 LESSKEY(1) |