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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.