Bug 124184

Summary:	sys-apps/less: Use of lesspipe.sh and code2color is not documented
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Randall Nortman <gentoobugs>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	High
Version:	2005.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Randall Nortman 2006-02-26 10:39:37 UTC

I spent a good 15 minutes just now trying to figure out why 'less' was doing color syntax highlighting on a python script.  It's not in the man page (unless you already know exactly what to look for -- the LESSOPEN environment variable), and it's not in either of the READMEs in /usr/share/doc/less-*.  Sure, I eventually figured it out, but since this appears to be something Gentoo is adding (rather than something in the upstream distribution), shouldn't Gentoo also add a README.Gentoo to tell users what's going on?

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-02-26 11:04:19 UTC

color coding is disabled by default now

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-02-26 11:16:06 UTC

added a README.Gentoo