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From: | dontmailme AT iname DOT com (Steamer) |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: DJGPP port of Gnu Less 358 uploaded. |
Date: | Sat, 16 Sep 2000 13:07:44 GMT |
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js wrote: > * Nimrod Abing <n_a_abing AT yahoo DOT com>: > > Documentation for Gnu Less comes in the form of man pages. If you > > don't have the stand-alone info viewer, you may need to install Gnu > > `man' to be able to view them. > > Actually I always view formatted man pages with Less. Is there some > formatting Less would not understand in them? What `man' does is to find the man page, format it (if necessary) and then display it. The viewer used to display the formatted man page is typically `less', and it's perfectly adequate. But if you haven't got `man' installed then you need to find the man pages yourself, which is awkward if they are scattered all over the place (as mine are). S.
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