Xless(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   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 win-
     dow.  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
     dicsuss customization of xless to suit the needs of  a  par-
     ticular user.

OPTIONS
     Xless is build upon the _X_T_o_o_l_k_i_t (_X_t_k) and  as  such  under-
     stands 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.





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Xless(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   Xless(1)



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

     helpFile
             Use this rather than the system default helpfile.

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

BUGS
     The 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.






































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