[pure-lang-svn] SF.net SVN: pure-lang: [218] pure/trunk/pure.1.in

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Revision: 218
          http://pure-lang.svn.sourceforge.net/pure-lang/?rev=218&view=rev
Author:   agraef
Date:     2008-06-14 00:29:03 -0700 (Sat, 14 Jun 2008)

Log Message:
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Update documentation.

Modified Paths:
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    pure/trunk/pure.1.in

Modified: pure/trunk/pure.1.in
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--- pure/trunk/pure.1.in	2008-06-14 07:19:07 UTC (rev 217)
+++ pure/trunk/pure.1.in	2008-06-14 07:29:03 UTC (rev 218)
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 .B -n
 Suppress automatic inclusion of the prelude.
 .TP
+.B -q
+Quiet startup (suppresses sign-on message in interactive mode).
+.TP
 .B -v
 Set verbosity level. See below for details.
 .TP
@@ -883,13 +886,17 @@
 .B -v
 Print information about variable symbols only.
 .PP
-Output is piped through the
-.BR more (1)
-program to make it easier to read, as some of the options (in particular,
+Note that some of the options (in particular,
 .B -c
 and
 .BR -d )
-may produce excessive amounts of information.
+may produce excessive amounts of information. By setting the
+.B PURE_MORE
+environment variable accordingly, you can specify a shell command to be used
+for paging, usually
+.BR more (1)
+or
+.BR less (1).
 .PP
 For instance, to list all definitions in all loaded scripts (including the
 prelude), simply say:
@@ -1188,6 +1195,11 @@
 is not set, it defaults to some default location specified at installation
 time.
 .TP
+.B PURE_MORE
+Shell command to be used for paging through output of the
+.B list
+command, when the interpreter runs in interactive mode.
+.TP
 .B PURE_PS
 Command prompt used in the interactive command loop (">\ " by default).
 .TP


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