From afefda98447e641a924ad657702b9b27f0f420a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Larry Hynes Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 19:14:17 +0100 Subject: mless.1: update wording Closes: #117 [via git-merge-pr] --- man/mless.1 | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'man/mless.1') 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 -- cgit 1.4.1