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From: dan@scooter.rosemount.com (Dan Messinger)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Is there a browsing tool accessibe in X ?
Message-ID: <9033@rosevax.Rosemount.COM>
Date: 2 Aug 90 13:11:16 GMT
References: <1031@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk>
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In article <1031@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk>, arnar@cs.hw.ac.uk (Arnar Nesset) writes:
|> I post this article to find out if there is a browsing tool like the
|> one used in 'xman' available (e.g. as in 'xterm' with a file as argument).
|> My need is a window to display some (formatted) text, with the scrolling
|> etc. done for me.

On the X11r4 tape you will find contrib/clients/xless. The top of the README
file says:

:This is Xless
:
:        "A file Browsing tool for the X Window System Version 11 Release 3"


It supports multiple windows, search, and can fire up an editor at the touch
of a button.

Dan Messinger
dan@scooter.rosemount.com