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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH LESS 1 "Version 456: 08 Nov 2012" +.TH LESS 1 "Version 458: 04 Apr 2013" .SH NAME less \- opposite of more .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -461,8 +461,12 @@ For example, you can set two \-D options on MS-DOS like this: .sp LESS="Dn9.1$Ds4.1" .sp -A dollar sign or backslash may be included literally in an option string +If the --use-backslash option appears earlier in the options, then +a dollar sign or backslash may be included literally in an option string by preceding it with a backslash. +If the --use-backslash option is not in effect, then backslashes are +not treated specially, and there is no way to include a dollar sign +in the option string. .IP "\-? or \-\-help" This option displays a summary of the commands accepted by .I less @@ -891,11 +895,6 @@ If the number is specified as a fraction, the actual number of scroll positions is recalculated if the terminal window is resized, so that the actual scroll remains at the specified fraction of the screen width. -.IP "\-\-no-keypad" -Disables sending the keypad initialization and deinitialization strings -to the terminal. -This is sometimes useful if the keypad strings make the numeric -keypad behave in an undesirable manner. .IP "\-\-follow-name" Normally, if the input file is renamed while an F command is executing, .I less @@ -909,6 +908,16 @@ If the reopen succeeds and the file is a different file from the original with the same name as the original (now renamed) file), .I less will display the contents of that new file. +.IP "\-\-no-keypad" +Disables sending the keypad initialization and deinitialization strings +to the terminal. +This is sometimes useful if the keypad strings make the numeric +keypad behave in an undesirable manner. +.IP "\-\-use-backslash" +This option changes the interpretations of options which follow this one. +After the \-\-use-backslash option, any backslash in an option string is +removed and the following character is taken literally. +This allows a dollar sign to be included in option strings. .IP \-\- A command line argument of "\-\-" marks the end of option arguments. Any arguments following this are interpreted as filenames. |