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1 files changed, 180 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/less/NEWS b/contrib/less/NEWS index a403c5d8a875..b1f8771c6c31 100644 --- a/contrib/less/NEWS +++ b/contrib/less/NEWS @@ -11,6 +11,182 @@ ====================================================================== + Major changes between "less" versions 633 and 643 + +* Fix problem when a program piping into less reads from the tty, + like sudo asking for password (github #368). + +* Fix search modifier ^E after ^W. + +* Fix bug using negated (^N) search (github #374). + +* Fix bug setting colors with -D on Windows build (github #386). + +* Fix reading special chars like PageDown on Windows (github #378). + +* Fix mouse wheel scrolling on Windows (github #379). + +* Fix erroneous EOF when terminal window size changes (github #372). + +* Fix compile error with some definitions of ECHONL (github #395). + +* Fix crash on Windows when writing logfile (github #405). + +* Fix regression in exit code when stdin is /dev/null and + output is a file (github #373). + +* Add lesstest test suite to production release (github #344). + +* Change lesstest output to conform with + automake Simple Test Format (github #399). + +====================================================================== + + Major changes between "less" versions 632 and 633 + +* Fix build on systems which have ncurses/termcap.h or + ncursesw/termcap.h but not termcap.h. + +====================================================================== + + Major changes between "less" versions 608 and 632 + +* Add LESSUTFCHARDEF environment variable (github #275). + +* Add # command (github #330). + +* Add ^S search modifier (github #196). + +* Add --wordwrap option (github #113). + +* Add --no-vbell option (github #304). + +* Add --no-search-headers option (github #44). + +* Add --modelines option (github #89). + +* Add --intr option (github #224). + +* Add --proc-backspace, --proc-tab and --proc-return options (github #335). + +* Add --show-preproc-errors option (github #258). + +* Add LESS_LINES and LESS_COLUMNS environment variables (github #84). + +* Add LESS_DATA_DELAY environment variable (github #337). + +* Allow empty "lines" field in --header option. + +* Update Unicode tables. + +* Improve ability of ^X to interrupt F command (github #49). + +* Status column (-J) shows off-screen matches. + +* Parenthesized sub-patterns in searches are colored with unique colors, + if supported by the regular expression library (github #196). + +* Don't allow opening a tty as file input unless -f is set (github #309). + +* Don't require newline input after +&... option (github #339). + +* Fix incorrect handling of some Private Use Unicode characters. + +* Fix ANSI color bug when overstriking with colored chars (github #276). + +* Fix compiler const warning (github #279). + +* Fix signal race in iread (github #280). + +* Fix reading procfs files on Linux (github #282). + +* Fix --ignore-case with ctrl-R (no regex) search (github #300). + +* Fix bug doing repeat search after setting & filter (github #299). + +* Fix bug doing repeat search before non-repeat search. + +* Fix crash with -R and certain line lengths (github #338). + +* Fix input of Windows dead keys (github #352). + +* Don't retain search options from a cancelled search (github #302). + +* Don't call realpath on fake filenames like "-" (github #289). + +* Implement lesstest test suite. + +* Convert function parameter definitions from K&R to C89 (github #316). + +====================================================================== + + Major changes between "less" versions 590 and 608 + +* Add the --header option (github #43). + +* Add the --no-number-headers option (github #178). + +* Add the --status-line option. + +* Add the --redraw-on-quit option (github #36). + +* Add the --search-options option (github #213). + +* Add the --exit-follow-on-close option (github #244). + +* Add 'H' color type to set color of header lines. + +* Add #version conditional to lesskey. + +* Add += syntax to variable section in lesskey files. + +* Allow option name in -- command to end with '=' in addition to '\n'. + +* Add $HOME/.config to possible locations of lesskey file (github #153). + +* Add $XDG_STATE_HOME and $HOME/.local/state to possible locations + of history file (github #223). + +* Don't read or write history file in secure mode (github #201). + +* Fix display of multibyte and double-width chars in prompt. + +* Fix ESC-BACKSPACE command when BACKSPACE key does not send 0x08 + (github #188). + +* Add more \k codes to lesskey format. + +* Fix bug when empty file is modified while viewing it. + +* Fix bug when parsing a malformed lesskey file (githb #234). + +* Fix bug scrolling history when --incsearch is set (github #214). + +* Fix buffer overflow when invoking lessecho with more than 63 -m/-n + options (github #198). + +* Fix buffer overflow in bin_file (github #271). + +* Fix bug restoring color at end of highlighted text. + +* Fix bug in parsing lesskey file. + +* Defer moving cursor to lower left in some more cases. + +* Suppress TAB filename expansion in some cases where it doesn't make sense. + +* Fix termlib detection when compiler doesn't accept + calls to undeclared functions. + +* Fix bug in input of non-ASCII characters on Windows (github #247) + +* Escape filenames when invoking LESSCLOSE. + +* Fix bug using multibyte UTF-8 char in search string + with --incsearch (github #273). + +====================================================================== + Major changes between "less" versions 581 and 590 * Make less able to read lesskey source files (deprecating lesskey). @@ -174,7 +350,7 @@ * Update Unicode tables to 2017-03-08. -* Pass-thru Unicode formating chars (Cf type) instead of treating them +* Pass-thru Unicode formatting chars (Cf type) instead of treating them as binary chars. But treat them as binary if -U is set. * Fix erroneous binary file warning when UTF-8 file contains ANSI SGR sequences. @@ -366,7 +542,7 @@ * Fix problem interrupting the line number calculation for initial prompt. -* Fix SGR emulation when dealing with multiple attributes (eg. bold+underline). +* Fix SGR emulation when dealing with multiple attributes (e.g. bold+underline). * Fix highlight bug when searching for underlined/overstruck text. @@ -448,7 +624,7 @@ * The -c option has been made identical with the -C option. -* Allow "/dev/null" as synomym for "-" in LESSHISTFILE to indicate +* Allow "/dev/null" as synonym for "-" in LESSHISTFILE to indicate that no history file should be used. * Search can now find text which follows a null byte, if the PCRE @@ -598,7 +774,7 @@ * Improved performance in reading very large pipes. -* Eliminated some dependencies on file offets being 32 bits. +* Eliminated some dependencies on file offsets being 32 bits. * Fixed problems when viewing files with very long lines. |