-needs to change the entire display, it will paint from the top line down.
-.IP -e
-Normally
-.I more
-exits as soon as it reaches end-of-file. The -e option tells more to
-exit the second time it reaches end-of-file.
-.IP -i
-The -i option causes searches to ignore case; that is,
-uppercase and lowercase are considered identical.
-.IP -n
-The -n flag suppresses line numbers.
-The default (to use line numbers) may cause
-.I more
-to run more slowly in some cases, especially with a very large input file.
-Suppressing line numbers with the -n flag will avoid this problem.
-Using line numbers means: the line number will be displayed in the
-= command, and the v command will pass the current line number to the editor.
-.IP -p
-The -p option gives you a colon (``:'') for a prompt, rather than
-the more verbose traditional prompt.
-.IP -s
-The -s option causes
-consecutive blank lines to be squeezed into a single blank line.
-.IP -t
-The -t option, followed immediately by a tag, will edit the file
-containing that tag. For more information, see the
-.IR ctags (1)
-command.
-.IP -u
-By default,
-.I more
-treats backspaces and CR-LF sequences specially. Backspaces which appear
-adjacent to an underscore character are displayed as underlined text.
-Backspaces which appear between two identical characters are displayed
-as emboldened text. CR-LF sequences are compressed to a single linefeed
-character. The -u option causes backspaces to always be displayed as
-control characters, i.e. as the two character sequence ``^H'', and CR-LF
-to be left alone.
-.IP -x
-The -x option sets tab stops every
-.I N
-positions. The default for
-.I N
-is 8.
-.IP -/
-The -/ option specifies a string that will be searched for before
-each file is displayed.
-.SH COMMANDS
-Interactive commands for
-.I more
-are based on
-.IR vi (1).
-Some commands may be preceeded by a decimal number, called N in the
-descriptions below.
-In the following descriptions, ^X means control-X.
-.IP h
-help: display a summary of these commands.
-If you forget all the other commands, remember this one.
-.PP
-.IP "SPACE or f or ^F"
-Scroll forward N lines, default one window.
-If N is more than the screen size, only the final screenful is displayed.
-.PP
-.IP "b or ^B"
-Scroll backward N lines, default one window (see option -z below).
-If N is more than the screen size, only the final screenful is displayed.
-.PP
-.IP "j or RETURN"
-Scroll forward N lines, default 1.
-The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size.
-.PP
-.IP "k"
-Scroll backward N lines, default 1.
-The entire N lines are displayed, even if N is more than the screen size.
-Warning: some systems use ^Y as a special job control character.
-.PP
-.IP "d or ^D"
-Scroll forward N lines, default one half of the screen size.
-If N is specified, it becomes the new default for
-subsequent d and u commands.
-.PP
-.IP "u or ^U"
-Scroll backward N lines, default one half of the screen size.
-If N is specified, it becomes the new default for
-subsequent d and u commands.
-.PP
-.IP "g"
-Go to line N in the file, default 1 (beginning of file).
-.PP
-.IP "G"
-Go to line N in the file, default the end of the file.
-.PP
-.IP "p or %"
-Go to a position N percent into the file. N should be between 0
-and 100. (This works if standard input is being read, but only if
-.I more
-has already read to the end of the file. It is always fast, but
-not always useful.)
-.PP
-.IP "r or ^L"
-Repaint the screen.
-.PP
-.IP "R"
-Repaint the screen, discarding any buffered input.
-Useful if the file is changing while it is being viewed.
-.PP
-.IP m
-Followed by any lowercase letter,
-marks the current position with that letter.
-.PP
-.IP "'"
-(Single quote.)
-Followed by any lowercase letter, returns to the position which
-was previously marked with that letter.
-Followed by another single quote, returns to the postion at
-which the last "large" movement command was executed.
-All marks are lost when a new file is examined.
-.PP
-.IP /pattern
-Search forward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern.
-N defaults to 1.
-The pattern is a regular expression, as recognized by
-.I ed.
-The search starts at the second line displayed.
-.PP
-.IP ?pattern
-Search backward in the file for the N-th line containing the pattern.
-The search starts at the line immediately before the top line displayed.
-.PP
-.IP /!pattern
-Like /, but the search is for the N-th line
-which does NOT contain the pattern.
-.PP
-.IP ?!pattern
-Like ?, but the search is for the N-th line
-which does NOT contain the pattern.
-.PP
-.IP n
-Repeat previous search, for N-th line containing the last pattern
-(or NOT containing the last pattern, if the previous search
-was /! or ?!).
-.PP
-.IP "E [filename]"
-Examine a new file.
-If the filename is missing, the "current" file (see the N and P commands
-below) from the list of files in the command line is re-examined.
-If the filename is a pound sign (#), the previously examined file is
-re-examined.
-.PP
-.IP "N or :n"
-Examine the next file (from the list of files given in the command line).
-If a number N is specified (not to be confused with the command N),
-the N-th next file is examined.
-.PP
-.IP "P or :p"
-Examine the previous file.
-If a number N is specified, the N-th previous file is examined.
-.PP
-.IP ":t"
-Go to supplied tag.
+is writing.
+This option will be ignored if the terminal does not have the ability
+to clear to the end of a line.
+.TP
+.B \-d
+.I More
+will prompt the user with the message "Press
+space to continue, \'q\' to quit." at the end of each screenful,
+and will respond to subsequent illegal user input by
+printing "Press \'h\' for instructions." instead of ringing the bell.
+This is useful if
+.I more
+is being used as a filter in some setting,
+such as a class,
+where many users may be unsophisticated.
+.TP
+.B \-f
+This causes
+.I more
+to count logical, rather than screen lines.
+That is, long lines are not folded.
+This option is recommended if
+.I nroff
+output is being piped through
+.I ul,
+since the latter may generate escape sequences.
+These escape sequences contain characters which would ordinarily occupy
+screen positions, but which do not print when they are sent to the
+terminal as part of an escape sequence.
+Thus
+.I more
+may think that lines are longer than they actually are, and fold
+lines erroneously.
+.TP
+.B \-l
+Do
+not treat ^\&L (form feed) specially.
+If this option is not given,
+.I more
+will pause after any line that contains a ^\&L, as if the end of a
+screenful had been reached.
+Also, if a file begins with a form feed, the screen will be cleared
+before the file is printed.
+.TP
+.B \-s
+Squeeze multiple blank lines from the output, producing only one blank
+line. Especially helpful when viewing
+.I nroff
+output, this option maximizes the useful information present on the screen.
+.TP
+.B \-u
+Normally,
+.I more
+will handle underlining such as produced by
+.I nroff
+in a manner appropriate to the particular terminal: if the terminal can
+perform underlining or has a stand-out mode,
+.I more
+will output appropriate escape sequences to enable underlining or stand-out
+mode for underlined information in the source file. The
+.I \-u
+option suppresses this processing.
+.TP
+.B +\fIlinenumber\fP
+Start up at \fIlinenumber\fP.
+.TP
+.B +/\fIpattern\fP
+Start up two lines before the line containing the
+regular expression \fIpattern\fP.
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