From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 22:45:55 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D30716A417 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:45:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from wjv.com (fl-65-40-24-38.sta.embarqhsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9C5513C4DA for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 22:45:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by wjv.com (8.14.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id lA9MjaCt058147 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:45:37 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.14.1/8.13.1/Submit) id lA9MjVZo058146 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:45:31 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv) Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 17:45:31 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20071109224531.GA58036@wjv.com> References: <20071109222421.037E116A494@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071109222421.037E116A494@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com Subject: Re: a better lesskey helper X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: bv@wjv.com List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 22:45:55 -0000 The time has come the freebsd-current-request@freebsd.org said, to talk of many things but all that was heard on Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 22:24 was whether pigs have wings - or: > Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:34:08 -0500 > From: Chuck Robey > Subject: Re: a better lesskey helper > Dag-Erling Sm??rgrav wrote: > > Nikolay Pavlov writes: > >> There is already such a file there. You just need to proper set an > >> environment: setenv LESSOPEN '|lesspipe.sh %s' > > zless will do that for you. > > DES > Now I'm getting a bit confused. I know you from long before, and > I know you wouldn't make mistakes easily. MY zless here doesn't > decode executables and libs, but there's no man page, and zless > --help gives only the standard less help info, so I don;'t know > what zless does that less didn't do before I changed out the > lesspipe.sh on my local system. > I really wouldn't want to bother folks anymore on this if I'm > all wet? Does your less not decode tar.gz things? What does your > zless do that your less doesn't? Does either your zless or your > less decode executables and libraries (via a objdump pipe)? > I gotta admit, I'd never heard of zless. I've found that 'most' is quite handy. It decodes binaries when it finds thems, it decompresses gzipped files. It's in /usr/ports/sysutils/most Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com