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-.TH LESS 1 "Version 451: 21 Jul 2012"
+.TH LESS 1 "Version 456: 08 Nov 2012"
.SH NAME
less \- opposite of more
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -455,13 +455,14 @@ If an option appears in the LESS variable, it can be reset
to its default value on the command line by beginning the command
line option with "\-+".
.sp
-For options like \-P or \-D which take a following string,
-a dollar sign ($) must be used to signal the end of the string.
-For example, to set two \-D options on MS-DOS, you must have
-a dollar sign between them, like this:
+Some options like \-k or \-D require a string to follow the option letter.
+The string for that option is considered to end when a dollar sign ($) is found.
+For example, you can set two \-D options on MS-DOS like this:
.sp
-LESS="-Dn9.1$-Ds4.1"
+LESS="Dn9.1$Ds4.1"
.sp
+A dollar sign or backslash may be included literally in an option string
+by preceding it with a backslash.
.IP "\-? or \-\-help"
This option displays a summary of the commands accepted by
.I less
@@ -1739,9 +1740,9 @@ See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.SH AUTHOR
.PP
-Mark Nudelman <bug-less@gnu.org>
+Mark Nudelman
.br
-Send bug reports or comments to bug-less@gnu.org.
+Send bug reports or comments to <bug-less@gnu.org>
.br
See http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/bugs.html for the latest list of known bugs in less.
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