Imported Debian patch 1.3.12-6

[gzip] / zless.1

diff --git a/zless.1 b/zless.1
index ca02423126157d32b6657a56c29575b9fcce889b..26d0ddd3b00ae65f588a7b05439bf34e18c4ccac 100644 (file)
--- a/zless.1
+++ b/zless.1
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@ and the environment variable LESSMETACHARS to
 "'<space><tab><newline>;*?"()<>[|&^`#\\$%=~'",
 and then running
 .IR less .
 "'<space><tab><newline>;*?"()<>[|&^`#\\$%=~'",
 and then running
 .IR less .

-However, enough people seem to think that having the
-command
-.I zless
-available is important to be worth providing it.
-
-Note that zless does not work with files piped to it on stdin, it only works
-with files specified as arguments.  If you really want to use less in a pipe,
-then do the uncompress explicitly and pipe to less instead of using zless.
+.I Less
+now provides similar, and more flexible, functionality through the
+.I lessfile
+and
+.I lesspipe
+filters.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-zmore(1), less(1)
+zmore(1), less(1), lessfile(1), lesspipe(1)

 .SH "BUGS"
 .I Zless
 does not work with compressed data that is piped to it via standard
 input; it requires that input files be specified as arguments.
 .SH "BUGS"
 .I Zless
 does not work with compressed data that is piped to it via standard
 input; it requires that input files be specified as arguments.

+If you really want to use less in a pipe,
+then do the uncompress explicitly and pipe to less instead of using zless.

 .SH "COPYRIGHT NOTICE"
 Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .br
 .SH "COPYRIGHT NOTICE"
 Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 .br