135209Sbostic/* 235209Sbostic * Copyright (c) 1988 Mark Nudleman 335209Sbostic * Copyright (c) 1988 Regents of the University of California. 435209Sbostic * All rights reserved. 535209Sbostic * 635209Sbostic * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted 735209Sbostic * provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are 835209Sbostic * duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, 935209Sbostic * advertising materials, and other materials related to such 1035209Sbostic * distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed 11*35283Sbostic * by Mark Nudleman and the University of California, Berkeley. The 12*35283Sbostic * name of Mark Nudleman or the 1335209Sbostic * University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived 1435209Sbostic * from this software without specific prior written permission. 1535209Sbostic * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR 1635209Sbostic * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED 1735209Sbostic * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 1835209Sbostic * 19*35283Sbostic * @(#)README 5.2 (Berkeley) 07/25/88 2035209Sbostic */ 2135209Sbostic 2235209SbosticThis is the distribution of "less", a paginator similar to "more" or "pg". 2335209SbosticThe manual page is in less.man (nroff source in less.nro). 2435209Sbostic 2535209SbosticINSTALLATION: 2635209Sbostic 2735209Sbostic1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and 2835209Sbostic unpack it by running "sh" on the distribution files, 2935209Sbostic if you have not already done so. 3035209Sbostic 3135209Sbostic2. Type "sh linstall" and answer the questions it asks. 3235209Sbostic This will generate a makefile and a defines.h. 3335209Sbostic 3435209Sbostic If you choose not to include some features in your version, 3535209Sbostic you may wish to edit the manual page "less.nro" and the help 3635209Sbostic page "less.help" to remove the references to the appropriate 3735209Sbostic commands or options. 3835209Sbostic 3935209Sbostic3. It is a good idea to look over the generated makefile 4035209Sbostic and make sure it looks ok. 4135209Sbostic 4235209Sbostic4. Type "make" and watch the fun. 4335209Sbostic 4435209Sbostic5. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less" 4535209Sbostic in your current directory. Test the generated program. 4635209Sbostic 4735209Sbostic6. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it 4835209Sbostic in a public place, type "make install". 4935209Sbostic 5035209SbosticIf you have any problems building or running "less", 5135209Sbosticsuggestions, complaints, etc., you may mail to the 5235209Sbosticauthor via USENET at: 5335209Sbostic sun \ 5435209Sbostic decwrl } !pyramid!ctnews!mitisft!markn 5535209Sbostic ihnp4!hplabs / 5635209Sbostic 5735209Sbostic 5835209SbosticNote to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed 5935209Sbosticin double curly brackets {{ like this }}. 60