Bugs in less-321

This is a list of the known bugs in less-321. Bugs marked with a * are fixed in less-330.

#101

Using the -s flag can put "~" lines before the beginning of the file.

#103 *

"less *" where there are a lot of directories will give you a long string of "xxx is a directory" messages from which you can't quit.

#104

Using the -s flag on a file with trailing blank lines, type the "G" command. The prompt may say "99%" instead of "100%".

#130

Command "F" doesn't work if the file shrinks in size.

#142

If less is running over telnet and the telnet session terminates, less hangs & spins. Apparently only happens on Solaris?

#138

On Solaris, searching for "a[1,2]" matches "a4".

#152

On a Solaris cmdtool, slow pipes get stalled and never show any data.

#170

Does not work when built under Microsoft C on MS-DOS.

#171

Does not work when built under Ultra C on OS-9.

#173 *

Filename completion does not work in the OS-9 version.

#174 *

On Windows, if a process changes the window colors and then spawns less, colors are not displayed properly.

#175 *

The "horizontal scroll left" command ESC-[ conflicts with the escape sequences sent by the arrow keys on many terminals. (You can use lesskey to assign an alternate key to this command until it is fixed.)

#176 *

Doing a shell escape (! command) from the help screen can cause less to crash.

#181 *

Various random problems on Linux (crashes when searching, etc.). This can be fixed by editing the Makefile to link with -lncurses only; that is, remove -lcurses and -ltermcap.

Feature enhancement requests

This is a list of enhancement requests.

#102

Allow -o to work on non-pipe input (ordinary files).

#133 *

Allow spaces in filenames.

#162

Make compliant with POSIX specification for "more".

#168

Add command to toggle options without notification.