dhawk@well.UUCP (David Hawkins) (09/17/89)
The beta version of less, version 123 just got here. If you compile
it and then try to use the help function you'll get an error message
about '-H' being an invalid flag. To correct, use the following
patch on help.c
(Or you could just edit the '-H' out of this line in help.c) ;-)
-----------------------Start of patch-----------
18c18
< "-less -m -H -+E -+s '-PmHELP -- ?eEND -- Press g to see it again:Press RETURN for more., or q when done ' %s",
---
> "-less -m -+E -+s '-PmHELP -- ?eEND -- Press g to see it again:Press RETURN for more., or q when done ' %s",
--
David Hawkins - dhawk@well.sf.ca.us - {apple,pacbell,hplabs,ucbvax}!well!dhawk
+ "Who sees all beings in his own Self, and his own Self in all beings,
+ loses all fear." -- Isa Upanishadmark@unix386.Convergent.COM (Mark Nudelman) (09/19/89)
In article <13668@well.UUCP>, dhawk@well.UUCP (David Hawkins) writes: > The beta version of less, version 123 just got here. If you compile > it and then try to use the help function you'll get an error message > about '-H' being an invalid flag. To correct, use the following > patch on help.c The -H flag is a NEW flag. It is valid in the new less but not the old one. The problem you are experiencing is because you have not installed the new less in a public directory. When the help command runs, it invokes less on a help file. Since the old less is run, you get the error message. Install the new less and the problem should go away. I'd like to request that people who have bug fixes MAIL them to me rather than posting them, and I will post merged bug fixes. In the past there has been a lot of confusion because dozens of people posted their favorite bug fixes, some valid and some not, making it nearly impossible for anyone to put together a single version with bug fixes. (I might add that in this case, David did send me mail as well as posting.) Mark Nudelman {uunet,sun,decwrl,hplabs}!pyramid!ctnews!unix386!mark