Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!pyrltd!lucifer!steve
From: steve@lucifer.UUCP (Steve Goodwin)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: less v97 edit +linenumber
Message-ID: <31@lucifer.UUCP>
Date: 5 Oct 88 08:53:04 GMT
References: <159@libove.UUCP>
Reply-To: steve@lucifer.UUCP (Steve Goodwin)
Organization: Lucas Diesel Systems, Phoenix Way, Cirencester, Glos, UK  (0285 67981)
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In article <159@libove.UUCP> root@libove.UUCP (Jay M. Libove) writes:
>
>The recently posted less version 97 differs from its predecessor (I have
>version 73) in the way it handles the "v" (edit file) command.
>
>Less v73 would only give to +linenumber argument to the editor if the
>editor was vi or ex, but v97 gives it anyway, and in the case of (the
>admittedly brain damaged) microemacs (v3.9e) the command "emacs +l f"
>edits two files, +l and f, and only starts the display screen with +l
>open.
>
>...............

I had a similar problem, you need to patch command.c in the
vicinity of line 715.
Put in a bit of code to check whether EDITOR is vi or ex (or
whatever) and select the relevant editor-calling routine.


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