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| author | Larry Hynes <larry@larryhynes.com> | 2018-04-02 19:14:17 +0100 |
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| committer | Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org> | 2018-04-02 20:16:47 +0200 |
| commit | afefda98447e641a924ad657702b9b27f0f420a9 (patch) | |
| tree | 9fcd0399ca5f38af70d073f8f88b9417034b298d /man | |
| parent | 5004b4b3e625391ea83172c12cb6b2f6a44930c6 (diff) | |
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mless.1: update wording
Closes: #117 [via git-merge-pr]
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/mless.1 b/man/mless.1 index fea1992..a085946 100644 --- a/man/mless.1 +++ b/man/mless.1 @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ .Os .Sh NAME .Nm mless -.Nd interactive wrapper around mshow +.Nd conveniently read messages in less(1) .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Ar msg @@ -17,25 +17,27 @@ for the current sequence. Display starts with the current message, or .Ar msg if passed. +.Po See .Xr mmsg 7 for the message argument syntax. +.Pc .Pp -When no messages are passed and standard input is from a pipe, +When no messages are passed and the standard input is from a pipe, .Ql mseq -S -will be called to set the current sequence and +is called to set the current sequence; .Nm -is run on the resulting sequence. +is then run on the resulting sequence. The first "file" of the less instance will be the output of .Xr mscan 1 . This makes .Nm -convenient for use at the end of a pipe. +convenient for use at the end of a pipeline. .Pp .Nm will start .Xr less 1 -displaying the current message if possible. +and display the current message, if possible. Use .Sq Ic ":n" and |