[gentoo-dev] Using less with compressed docs -- tip!

[Ben Beuchler <insyte@emt-p.org>]

Gentoo, by default, compresses any documetation installed by a program.  Or so
it appears, anyway.  Viewing these files transparently is pretty easy.  First,
create a script like this:

----------
#!/bin/sh

case "$1" in
    *.gz) gunzip -c $1 2>/dev/null
    ;;
esac
----------

And put it somewhere easily accessible, like /usr/local/bin/lesspipe.sh.

Now do this:

export LESSOPEN="|/usr/local/bin/lesspipe.sh %s" 

You'll probably want to stick that in /etc/profile or something.  Now if you
try to use less top open a .gz file, it will work transparently.

-Ben

-- 
Ben Beuchler                                           There is no spoon.
insyte@emt-p.org                                            -- The Matrix