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===     NOTE: THIS IS A BETA DISTRIBUTION OF less (version 170)     ===
===            PLEASE REPORT ANY PROBLEMS TO THE AUTHOR.            ===
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This is the distribution of "less", a paginator similar to "more" or "pg".
The manual page is in less.man (nroff source in less.nro).
Major changes made since the last posted version are in CHANGES.

INSTALLATION (Unix systems only):

1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and 
   unpack it by running "sh" or "unshar" on the distribution 
   files, if you have not already done so.

2. Type "sh linstall" and answer the questions it asks.
   This will generate a makefile and a defines.h.

   If you choose not to include some features in your version,
   you may wish to edit the manual page "less.nro" and the help
   page "less.help" to remove the references to the appropriate 
   commands or options.

3. It is a good idea to look over the generated makefile 
   and make sure it looks ok.

4. Type "make" and watch the fun.

5. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less"
   in your current directory.  Test the generated program.

6. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it
   in a public place, type "make install".

If you have any problems building or running "less", 
suggestions, complaints, etc., you may mail to the 
author via USENET at:
	sun	 \
	uunet 	  } !pyramid!ctnews!unix386!mark
	hplabs   /


Note to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed
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	2	=== NOTE: THIS IS A BETA DISTRIBUTION OF less (version 170) ===
	3	=== PLEASE REPORT ANY PROBLEMS TO THE AUTHOR. ===
	4	=======================================================================
	5
	6	This is the distribution of "less", a paginator similar to "more" or "pg".
	7	The manual page is in less.man (nroff source in less.nro).
	8	Major changes made since the last posted version are in CHANGES.
	9
	10	INSTALLATION (Unix systems only):
	11
	12	1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and
	13	unpack it by running "sh" or "unshar" on the distribution
	14	files, if you have not already done so.
	15
	16	2. Type "sh linstall" and answer the questions it asks.
	17	This will generate a makefile and a defines.h.
	18
	19	If you choose not to include some features in your version,
	20	you may wish to edit the manual page "less.nro" and the help
	21	page "less.help" to remove the references to the appropriate
	22	commands or options.
	23
	24	3. It is a good idea to look over the generated makefile
	25	and make sure it looks ok.
	26
	27	4. Type "make" and watch the fun.
	28
	29	5. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less"
	30	in your current directory. Test the generated program.
	31
	32	6. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it
	33	in a public place, type "make install".
	34
	35	If you have any problems building or running "less",
	36	suggestions, complaints, etc., you may mail to the
	37	author via USENET at:
	38	sun \
	39	uunet } !pyramid!ctnews!unix386!mark
	40	hplabs /
	41
	42
	43	Note to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed
	44	in double curly brackets {{ like this }}.