Return to INSTALLATION CVS log

Up to [CSRG BSD Unix] / 43BSD / contrib / mh / miscellany / less

Annotation of 43BSD/contrib/mh/miscellany/less/INSTALLATION, revision 1.1.1.1

1.1       root        1: This is the distribution of "less", a paginator similar to "more" or "pg".
                      2: The manual page is in less.l.
                      3: 
                      4: INSTALLATION:
                      5: 
                      6: 1. Move the distributed source to its own directory and 
                      7:    unpack it by running "sh" on the distribution file,
                      8:    if you have not already done so.
                      9: 
                     10: 2. If your system is System V:
                     11:        cp makefile.sys5 makefile
                     12:    If your system is Berkeley 4.2bsd:
                     13:        cp makefile.bsd42 makefile
                     14:    If your system is Berkeley 4.1bsd:
                     15:        cp makefile.bsd41 makefile
                     16:    If your system is Xenix 3.0:
                     17:        cp makefile.xen makefile
                     18:    Otherwise, edit the makefile to make the 
                     19:    system parameters match your system.
                     20: 
                     21:    These features are selectable at compile time:
                     22:        shell escapes (SHELL_ESCAPE)
                     23:        editor invocation (EDITOR)
                     24:        alternate error message handling (ONLY_RETURN)
                     25:    If you want to have any of these features, 
                     26:    edit the makefile appropriately.
                     27:    (If you do not include either SHELL_ESCAPE or EDITOR,
                     28:     you may wish to edit the manual page "less.l" to remove
                     29:     the references to the "!" and/or "v" commands.)
                     30: 
                     31: 3. Type "make" and watch the fun.
                     32: 
                     33: 4. If the make succeeds, it will generate a program "less"
                     34:    in your current directory.  Test the generated program.
                     35: 
                     36: 5. When satisfied that it works, if you wish to install it
                     37:    in a public place, edit the makefile so that INSTALL_LESS
                     38:    and INSTALL_MAN are the proper filenames.
                     39:    Then type "make install".
                     40: 
                     41: If you have any problems building or running "less", 
                     42: you may mail to the author via USENET at:
                     43:        ...!tektronix!reed!nsc-pdc!mark
                     44:   or   ...!ihnp4!nsc!nsc-pdc!mark
                     45: 
                     46: Note to hackers: comments noting possible improvements are enclosed
                     47: in double curly brackets {{ like this }}.

This archive runs on limited infrastructure. Preserving old code on modern bandwidth. Automated agents are requested to crawl responsibly.