Xless(1)

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

SYNOPSIS
xless [-options ...] filename

DESCRIPTION
Xless pops up a window on the display specified, containing the file specified on the command line. This file may easily be viewed using the scrollbar to the left of the window. Xless takes also input from the standard input. Extra function are available on the toolbox to the right of the 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 EDITOR, on the current file;
- Reload the current file;
- Change file in the current window;
- Open a new xless window on the specified file.

For further information on using xless please read the online help information. 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 XToolkit (Xtk) and as such understands all default command line options of the Xtk.

WIDGET AND RESOURCE NAMES
In addition to the standard widget resources Xless has the following application 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
    Use this rather than the system default helpfile.

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

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

BUGS
There probably are some.

AUTHOR
Copyright 1989 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Carlo Lisa, MIT Project Athena, from xmore written by Chris Peterson, MIT Project Athena.