On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 06:31:24PM +0100, Nicholas Marriott wrote:
> I like dropping the configure goo.
>
> - What about options -m and -E which the old less added for more?
>
> - The more prompt is now --More-- which is a lot less useful than the
> filename (and is not POSIX I believe).
>
Section "Compatibility with more" in new less.1:
If the environment variable LESS_IS_MORE is set to 1, or if the program
is invoked via a file link named "more", less behaves (mostly) in
conformance with the POSIX "more" command specification. In this mode,
less behaves differently in these ways:
The -e option works differently. If the -e option is not set, less
behaves as if the -E option were set. If the -e option is set, less
behaves as if the -e and -F options were set.
The -m option works differently. If the -m option is not set, the medium
prompt is used, and it is prefixed with the string "--More--". If the -m
option is set, the short prompt is used.
Hence we see:
* For "more" options -m and -E set by default
* With --More-- all a bit more complicated. From less.1, I realized that
--More--
is the correct behavior, but you made me doubt :)
I have read POSIX
(http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/more.html)
I found no hard requirements --More--. I agree with you that the old behavior
is better. I fixed it.
New diff http://koba.devio.us/distfiles/less.v3.diff
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Alexandr Shadchin
