Created attachment 427070 [details] Build log After upgrading to less-482, I'm no longer able to scroll manpages using arrow keys and pageup/pagedn. I can reproduce this with xfce4-terminal (TERM=xterm) and Linux console. -481 works fine.
# grep -B 2 "sys-apps/less" package.mask # Lars Wendler <polynomial-c@gentoo.org> (01 Mar 2016) # Arrow keys don't work (bug #576086). =sys-apps/less-482
If I press the POS1 key ("home" on englisch keyboard?) then the help comes.
Created attachment 427126 [details, diff] less-482-keepkeys.patch Version 482 moves the key allocation before terminal type configuration, presumably because it's supposed to happen before setting the secure mode. It's pretty much the only functional change in the code, the rest is Unicode database updates. My guess would be that the terminfo handling clobbers the default key definitions. Reordering the initialisation to match what was in 481 but bringing the secure mode setting there as well does seem to restore the cursor key functionality.
(In reply to Jouni Kosonen from comment #3) this should be e-mailed upstream instead. i don't see us carrying these kind of patches.
(In reply to SpanKY from comment #4) > this should be e-mailed upstream instead. i don't see us carrying these > kind of patches. That's true, email sent.
Relayed on request: On 01.03.2016 20:32 UTC, Mark Nudelman wrote: > Hi Jouni, > I am aware that this version broke keymappings and am working on a > solution. However I'm not sure why anyone is using less-482. This > was an experimental version which was not announced anywhere and was > not intended for use by anyone except me. Perhaps I should avoid > posting experimental versions under predictable filenames. > > --Mark
Package has been removed from the tree.
(In reply to Jouni Kosonen from comment #6) i've found less announcements to be pretty unreliable, so going to his site and looking has been the only way to find out about new versions ... (In reply to Lars Wendler (Polynomial-C) from comment #7) well, just that version :)
