Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 12:12:16 +0300
From: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il. (Eli Zaretskii)
To: djgpp-announce AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Less v278 port to DJGPP

I've uploaded to omnigate a binary-only archive of Less 278 compiled with
DJGPP.  Let me know if anything is wrong with it (but keep this kind of
discussion off djgpp-announce list; either mail to me directly or post to
djgpp).

I used the latest version of GNU Rx regular-expression library for the
search functions of Less; this has sped-up Less by a large factor.  Thus
you should use GNU regex syntax when searching for regular expressions.

This is a list of Less-related settings I put into my djgpp.env file (you
can also put those into your environment directly):

[less]
LESS=-iCsqMz-4$j4$h5$y5$Dd2.0$Du14.0$Ds4.7$Dk9.0$
LESSHELP=c:/lib/djless.hlp
LESSBINFMT=*k<%X>
LESSCHARDEF=8bcccbcc12bc5b95.b127.b

The LESS variable above, in particular, defines a color set which is much
better, IMHO, than the dull default colors.  LESSCHARDEF variable as set
above enables all the international characters to be displayed in your
default font, which is important for non-US countries.

I included the DJGPP-updated versions of the man pages and the .hlp file
which mention DOS-specific issues.