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Xless(1)		     General Commands Manual			Xless(1)

NAME
     xless - File browsing program for the X Window System.

SYNOPSIS
     xless [-f] [-toolkitoption ...] [filename ...]

DESCRIPTION
     Xless pops up a window on the display specified, containing the file speci-
     fied  on  the command line or piped in from stdin.  This file may easily be
     viewed using the scrollbar to the left of the window.  Xless also takes in-
     put from the standard input.  Extra function are available on  the  toolbox
     to the right of the window:

     - Pop up a help window.

     - Search a specified pattern

     - Search the next occurance of the above specified pattern

     -	Open a session of the editor (specified in the environment variable EDI-
     TOR) on the current file

     - Reload the current file

     - Change file in the current window

     - Open a new xless window to display the specified file

     - Print the current file

     - Close the current window

     For further information on using xless please read the online help informa-
     tion.  The rest of this manual page will discuss customization of xless  to
     suit the needs of a particular user.

OPTIONS
     Xless is build upon the X Toolkit (Xt) and as such understands all the nor-
     mal command line options (as described in X(1).  It also supports:

     -follow
	    Continually check the file for new input (so that xless behaves like
	    tail -f).

     -f     Alias for -f.

     -help  Print a list of valid options.  -version Print the version number of
	    this xless executable.

WIDGET AND RESOURCE NAMES
     In addition to the usual widget resources, Xless has the following applica-
     tion resources:

     standardFont
	       The  default  font  to  be used if any of the specified fonts are
	       available.

     textFont  The fonts to use for the text.

     labelFont
	       The fonts to use for labels in dialog boxes.

     buttonFont
	       The fonts to use for labels on buttons.

     standardCur
	       The cursors to use in the main button window with  the  Quit  and
	       Help commands.

     dialogCur
	       The cursors to use in the toolbox and dialog box windows.

     helpFile  Name of a file to use instead of the system default helpfile.

     editor    Name  of  editor to invoke (if neither VISUAL nor EDITOR environ-
	       ment variable is set)

     editorDoesWindows
	       Set to TRUE if your editor brings up its own window (xedit or GNU
	       emacs, for example.)

     printCommand
	       Command string used to print the current file.  The name  of  the
	       file is simply appended to this string.	(enscript -G is nice, if
	       you've got it.)

     maxWindows
	       Maximum	number	of windows which xless will display at one time.
	       Set this to  zero  if  you  don't  want	a  limit.   (This  is  a
	       good	thing  to  set if you tend to run xless * in directories
	       with lots of files.)

     quitButton
	       Set to TRUE if you want a Quit button on every window which, when
	       clicked, will quit every window started from this copy of  xless.
	       The default is FALSE.

     sizeToFit
	       Set  to	TRUE  if you want text windows to be only as big as they
	       need to be, up to the maximum size specified by 'geometry'.

     removePath
	       Set to TRUE if you want the directory portion of  the  file  path
	       removed.   For  example,  a  path  like /usr/src/X11/xless/main.c
	       would be shortened to main.c.  The default is TRUE.

     defaultSearchType
	       Default method used to search the text (invoked from  the  Search
	       button).   Possible values are ExactMatch (which is the default),
	       CaseInsensitive and RegularExpression.

     monitorFile
	       Set to TRUE if you want the file to be  continually  checked  for
	       new  input  (so that xless behaves like tail -f).  The default is
	       FALSE.

COLOR RESOURCES
     If you have a color display and you're running at least X11R5, you may want
     to add a line like:

		 #ifdef COLOR
		 *customization: -color
		 #endif

     to your personal resources file.  This will allow you to get the  color-re-
     lated resources for not only xless, but for every program which sets up its
     own color resources.

     Versions  of X earlier than X11R5 don't support the customization resource.
     If you're on one of those, you'll have to include the  color  resources  in
     your personal resources file.

SEE ALSO
     X(1), X(8C), more(1), less(1)

BUGS
     There probably are some.

AUTHOR
     Dave Glowacki (UC Berkeley Software Warehouse)    <dglo@CS.Berkeley.EDU>

     Originally  by  Carlo Lisa (MIT Project Athena) from xmore written by Chris
     Peterson (MIT Project Athena).

X Version 11			   6 June 1993				Xless(1)

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