Subject: bin/23597: less manpage mentions wrong lesskey configuration file
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Christian Biere <christianbiere@gmx.de>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/29/2003 23:57:25
>Number:         23597
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       less manpage mentions wrong lesskey configuration file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Nov 29 23:58:00 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Christian Biere
>Release:        NetBSD 1.6ZE
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD cyclonus 1.6ZE NetBSD 1.6ZE (STARSCREAM) #5: Sat Nov 15 01:35:55 CET 2003 bin@cyclonus:/usr/build/sys/arch/i386/compile/STARSCREAM i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
For remapping special keys like backspace and delete you can create a
configuration file with lesskey. less will look for this file and use
it for remapping if present. However, the manpage mentions that on NetBSD
less will look in /etc/less.sys. This was changed some time ago but the
manpage wasn't correct. less looks for /etc/sysless.

>How-To-Repeat:
ktruss -o /tmp/less.log less

>Fix:

Index: less.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/usr.bin/less/less/less.1,v
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.14 less.1
--- less.1	2003/04/14 02:56:47	1.14
+++ less.1	2003/11/29 23:16:51
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@
 Otherwise,
 .I less
 looks in a standard place for the system-wide lesskey file:
-On NetBSD, the system-wide lesskey file is in /etc/less.sys.
+On NetBSD, the system-wide lesskey file is in /etc/sysless.
 On other Unix systems, the system-wide lesskey file is /usr/local/etc/sysless.
 (However, if
 .I less
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: