Re: new version of "less" pager

2012-09-19 Thread Bob Proulx
David wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > Austyg wrote: > >> v451 of "less" is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular > >> expressions. > > > > Hmm... It does say that in the upstream changelog. > > > > I am unfamiliar with GNU regular expressions. How are they different > > from either POS

Re: new version of "less" pager

2012-09-16 Thread David
On 15/09/2012, Bob Proulx wrote: > Austyg wrote: >> v451 of "less" is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular >> expressions. > > Hmm... It does say that in the upstream changelog. > > I am unfamiliar with GNU regular expressions. How are they different > from either POSIX regular expr

Re: new version of "less" pager

2012-09-15 Thread Bob Proulx
Austyg wrote: > Thanks to all for good clues. > v451 of "less" is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular > expressions. Hmm... It does say that in the upstream changelog. I am unfamiliar with GNU regular expressions. How are they different from either POSIX regular expressions or PC

Re: new version of "less" pager

2012-09-08 Thread Austyg
Thanks to all for good clues. v451 of "less" is desirable because it adds support for GNU regular expressions. Since the "to do" section of http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/less.html says: "A new upstream version is available: 451, you should consider packaging it." It looks like it will eventuall

Re: new version of "less" pager

2012-09-08 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 07 Sep 2012 11:45:55 -0700, Austyg wrote: > Anyone know whether new version of "less" file-pager made it into > Wheezy? (...) You can see the package status from here: http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/less.html It seems that not though is listed in the "todo" list but since Wheezy is n

Re: new version of "less" pager

2012-09-07 Thread Bob Proulx
Austyg wrote: > Anyone know whether new version of "less" file-pager made it into Wheezy? > > "4 Sep 2012 less-451 has been released for general use. " > http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ > > Sorry for newbness . . . =/ $ apt-cache policy less less: Installed: 444-4 Candidat

Re: new version of "less" pager

2012-09-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 07 sep 12, 11:45:55, Austyg wrote: > Anyone know whether new version of "less" file-pager made it into Wheezy? > > "4 Sep 2012 less-451 has been released for general use. " > http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ > > Sorry for newbness . . . =/ Let's ask APT (assuming one has the rel

new version of "less" pager

2012-09-07 Thread Austyg
Anyone know whether new version of "less" file-pager made it into Wheezy? "4 Sep 2012 less-451 has been released for general use. " http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/ Sorry for newbness . . . =/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsu