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+.\" This manpage has been automatically generated by docbook2man
+.\" from a DocBook document. This tool can be found at:
+.\" <http://shell.ipoline.com/~elmert/comp/docbook2X/>
+.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
+.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
+.TH "MOST" "1" "30 July 2022" "" ""
+
+.SH NAME
+most \- browse or page through a text file
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+
+\fBmost\fR [ \fB-1\fR ] [ \fB-b\fR ] [ \fB-C\fR ] [ \fB-c\fR ] [ \fB-d\fR ] [ \fB-M\fR ] [ \fB-r\fR ] [ \fB-s\fR ] [ \fB-t\fR ] [ \fB-u\fR ] [ \fB-v\fR ] [ \fB-w\fR ] [ \fB-z\fR ] [ \fB+/\fIstring\fB\fR ] [ \fB+\fIline-number\fB\fR ] [ \fB+d\fR ] [ \fB+s\fR ] [ \fB+u\fR ] [ \fB\fIfile...\fB\fR ]
+
+.SH "DESCRIPTION"
+.PP
+\fBmost\fR is a paging program that displays, one windowful at a time,
+the contents of a file on a terminal. It pauses after each
+windowful and prints on the window status line the screen the file
+name, current line number, and the percentage of the file so far
+displayed.
+.PP
+Unlike other paging programs, \fBmost\fR is capable of displaying an
+arbitrary number of windows as long as each window occupies at least
+two screen lines. Each window may contain the same file or a
+different file. In addition, each window has its own mode. For
+example, one window may display a file with its lines wrapped while
+another may be truncating the lines. Windows may be `locked'
+together in the sense that if one of the locked windows scrolls, all
+locked windows will scroll. \fBmost\fR is also capable of ignoring lines
+that are indented beyond a user specified value. This is useful
+when viewing computer programs to pick out gross features of the
+code. See the `:o' command for a description of this feature.
+.PP
+In addition to displaying ordinary text files, \fBmost\fR can also
+display binary files as well as files with arbitrary ascii
+characters. When a file is read into a buffer, \fBmost\fR examines the
+first 32 bytes of the file to determine if the file is a binary file
+and then switches to the appropriate mode. However, this feature
+may be disabled with the -k option. See the description of the -b,
+-k, -v, and -t options for further details.
+.PP
+Text files may contain combinations of underscore and backspace
+characters causing a printer to underline or overstrike. When \fBmost\fR
+recognizes this, it inserts the appropriate escape sequences to
+achieve the desired effect. In addition, some files cause the
+printer to overstrike some characters by embedding carriage return
+characters in the middle of a line. When this occurs, \fBmost\fR displays
+the overstruck character with a bold attribute. This feature
+facilitates the reading of UNIX man pages or a document produced by
+runoff. In particular, viewing this document with \fBmost\fR should
+illustrate this behavior provided that the underline characters
+have not been stripped. This may be turned off with the -v option.
+.PP
+By default, lines with more characters than the terminal width are
+not wrapped but are instead truncated. When truncation occurs, this
+is indicated by a `$' in the far right column of the terminal
+screen. The RIGHT and LEFT arrow keys may be used to view lines
+which extend past the margins of the screen. The -w option may be
+used to override this feature. When a window is wrapped, the
+character `\\' will appear at the right edge of the window.
+.PP
+Commands are listed below.
+.SH "COLOR SUPPORT"
+.PP
+\fBmost\fR has supported both 256-color and 24 bit truecolor terminals
+since version 5.2. Not all terminals are capable of generating
+arbitrary 24 bit colors. If your terminal supports 24 bit colors,
+but \fBmost\fR does not detect it, then set the environment variable
+
+.nf
+ COLORTERM=truecolor
+.fi
+.PP
+to force 24 bit truecolors to be used.
+.PP
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.TP
+\fB-1\fR
+VT100 mode. This is meaningful only
+on VMS systems. This option should be used if the terminal is
+strictly a VT100. This implies that the terminal does not have the
+ability to delete and insert multiple lines. VT102s and above have
+this ability.
+.TP
+\fB-b\fR
+Binary mode. Use this switch when
+you want to view files containing 8 bit characters. \fBmost\fR will
+display the file 16 bytes per line in hexadecimal notation. A
+typical line looks like:
+
+.nf
+ 01000000 40001575 9C23A020 4000168D ....@..u.#. @...
+.fi
+
+When used with the -v option, the same line looks like:
+
+.nf
+ ^A^@^@^@ @^@^U u 9C #A0 @^@^V8D ....@..u.#. @...
+.fi
+.TP
+\fB-C\fR
+Disable color support.
+.TP
+\fB-c\fR
+Make searches case-sensitive
+.TP
+\fB-d\fR
+Omit the backslash mark used to denote a wrapped line.
+.TP
+\fB-M\fR
+Disable the use of mmap.
+.TP
+\fB-r\fR
+Default to using regexp searches
+.TP
+\fB-s\fR
+Squeeze-mode. Replace multiple blank
+lines with a single blank line.
+.TP
+\fB-t\fR
+Display tabs as ^I. If this option
+is immediately followed by an integer, the integer sets the tab
+width, e.g., -t4
+.TP
+\fB-u\fR
+Disable UTF-8 mode even if the
+locale dictates it
+.TP
+\fB+u\fR
+Force UTF-8 mode. By default \fBmost\fR
+will use the current locale to determine if UTF-8 mode should be
+used. The +u and -u switches allow the behavior to be overridden
+.TP
+\fB-v\fR
+Display control characters as in
+`^A' for control A. Normally \fBmost\fR does not interpret control
+characters.
+.TP
+\fB-w\fR
+Wrap lines
+.TP
+\fB-z\fR
+Disable gunzip-on-the-fly
+.TP
+\fB+/\fIstring\fB\fR
+Start up at the
+line containing the first occurrence of string
+.TP
+\fB+\fIlineno\fB\fR
+Start up at the
+specified line-number
+.TP
+\fB+d\fR
+This switch should only be used if
+you want the option to delete a file while viewing it. This makes
+it easier to clean unwanted files out of a directory. The file is
+deleted with the interactive key sequence `:D' and then confirming
+with `y'.
+.TP
+\fB+s\fR
+Secure Mode-- no edit, cd, shell,
+and reading files not already listed on the command line.
+.SH "COMMAND USAGE"
+.PP
+The commands take effect immediately; it is not necessary to type a
+carriage return. In the following commands, \fBi\fR is a numerical
+argument (1 by default).
+.TP
+\fBSPACE, CTRL-D, NEXT_SCREEN\fR
+Display another windowful, or jump \fBi\fR windowfuls if \fBi\fR is specified.
+.TP
+\fBRETURN, DOWN_ARROW, V, CTRL-N\fR
+Display another line, or \fBi\fR more lines, if specified.
+.TP
+\fBUP_ARROW, ^, CTRL-P\fR
+Display previous line, or \fBi\fR previous
+lines, if specified.
+.TP
+\fBT, ESCAPE<\fR
+Move to top of buffer.
+.TP
+\fBB, ESCAPE>\fR
+Move to bottom of buffer.
+.TP
+\fBRIGHT_ARROW, TAB, >\fR
+Scroll window left 60\fBi\fR columns to view
+lines that are beyond the right margin of the window.
+.TP
+\fBLEFT_ARROW, CTRL-B, <\fR
+Scroll window right 60\fBi\fR columns to
+view lines that are beyond the left margin of the window.
+.TP
+\fBU, CTRL-U, DELETE, PREV_SCREEN\fR
+Skip back \fBi\fR windowfuls and
+then print a windowful.
+.TP
+\fBR, CTRL-R\fR
+Redraw the window.
+.TP
+\fBJ, G\fR
+If \fBi\fR is not specified, then prompt for a line
+number then jump to that line otherwise just jump to line i.
+.TP
+\fB%\fR
+If \fBi\fR is not specified, then prompt for a percent number
+then jump to that percent of the file otherwise just jump to \fBi\fR percent
+of the file.
+.TP
+\fBW, w\fR
+If the current screen width is 80, make it 132 and
+vice-versa. For other values, this command is ignored.
+.TP
+\fBQ, CTRL-X CTRL-C, CTRL-K E\fR
+Exit from \fBmost\fR\&. On VMS, ^Z also
+exits.
+.TP
+\fBh, CTRL-H, HELP, PF2\fR
+Help. Give a description of all the
+\fBmost\fR commands. The \fBmost\fR environment variable MOST_HELP must be set
+for this to be meaningful.
+.TP
+\fBf, /, CTRL-F, FIND, GOLD PF3\fR
+Prompt for a string and
+search forward from the current line for ith distinct line containing
+the string. CTRL-G aborts.
+.TP
+\fB?\fR
+Prompt for a string and search backward for the ith
+distinct line containing the string. CTRL-G aborts.
+.TP
+\fBn\fR
+Search for the next \fBi\fR lines containing an occurrence of
+the last search string in the direction of the previous search.
+.TP
+\fBm, SELECT, CTRL-@, CTRL-K M, PERIOD\fR
+Set a mark on the
+current line for later reference.
+.TP
+\fBINSERT_HERE, CTRL-X CTRL-X, COMMA, CTRL-K RETURN, GOLD PERIOD\fR
+Set a mark on the current line but return to previous mark.
+This allows the user to toggle back and forth between two positions in
+the file.
+.TP
+\fBl, L\fR
+Toggle locking for this window. The window is locked
+if there is a `*' at the left edge of the status line. Windows locked
+together, scroll together.
+.TP
+\fBCTRL-X 2, CTRL-W 2, GOLD X\fR
+Split this window in half.
+.TP
+\fBCTRL-X o, CTRL-W o, o, GOLDUP, GOLDDOWN\fR
+Move to other window.
+.TP
+\fBCTRL-X 0, CTRL-W 0, GOLD V\fR
+Delete this window.
+.TP
+\fBCTRL-X 1, CTRL-W 1, GOLD O\fR
+Delete all other windows, leaving
+only one window.
+.TP
+\fBE, e\fR
+Edit this file.
+.TP
+\fB$, ESC $\fR
+This is system dependent. On VMS, this causes \fBmost\fR
+to spawn a subprocess. When the user exits the process, \fBmost\fR is
+resumed. On UNIX systems, \fBmost\fR simply suspends itself.
+.TP
+\fB:n\fR
+Skip to the next filename given in the command line. Use
+the arrow keys to scroll forward or backward through the file list.
+`Q' quits \fBmost\fR and any other key selects the given file.
+.TP
+\fB:c\fR
+Toggle case sensitive search.
+.TP
+\fB:D\fR
+Delete current file. This command is only meaningful
+with the +d switch.
+.TP
+\fB:o, :O\fR
+Toggle various options. With this key sequence, \fBmost\fR
+displays a prompt asking the user to hit one of: bdtvw. The `b', `t',
+`v', and `w' options have the same meaning as the command line
+switches. For example, the `w' option will toggle wrapping on and off
+for the current window.
+
+The `d' option must be used with a prefix integer i. All lines
+indented beyond \fBi\fR columns will not be displayed. For example,
+consider the fragment:
+.TP
+\fB\fR
+
+.nf
+ int main(int argc, char **argv)
+ {
+ int i;
+ for (i = 0; i < argc, i++)
+ {
+ fprintf(stdout,"%i: %s\\n",i,argv[i]);
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+.fi
+The key sequence `1:od' will cause \fBmost\fR to display the file ignoring
+all lines indented beyond the first column. So for the example above,
+\fBmost\fR would display:
+
+.nf
+ int main(int argc, char **argv)...
+ }
+.fi
+where the `...' indicates lines that follow are not displayed.
+.SH "HINTS"
+.PP
+CTRL-G aborts the commands requiring the user to type something in
+at a prompt. The back-quote key has a special meaning here. It is
+used to quote certain characters. This is useful when search for
+the occurrence of a string with a control character or a string at
+the beginning of a line. In the latter case, to find the occurrence
+of `The' at the beginning of a line, enter `^JThe where ` quotes the
+CTRL-J.
+.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
+.PP
+\fBmost\fR uses the following environment variables:
+.TP
+\fBMOST_SWITCHES\fR
+This variable sets commonly used switches.
+For example, some people prefer to use \fBmost\fR with the -s option so that
+excess blank lines are not displayed. On VMS this is normally done
+done in the login.com through the line:
+.TP
+\fB\fR
+
+.nf
+ $ define MOST_SWITCHES "-s"
+.fi
+.TP
+\fBMOST_EDITOR, SLANG_EDITOR\fR
+Either of these environment
+variables specify an editor for \fBmost\fR to invoke to edit a file. The
+value can contain %s and %d formatting descriptors that represent the
+file name and line number, respectively. For example, if JED is
+your editor, then set MOST_EDITOR to 'jed %s -g %d'.
+.TP
+\fBMOST_HELP\fR
+This variable may be used to specify an alternate
+help file.
+.TP
+\fBMOST_INITFILE\fR
+Set this variable to specify the
+initialization file to load during startup. The default action is to
+load the system configuration file and then a personal configuration
+file called .mostrc on Unix, and most.rc on other systems.
+.SH "CONFIGURATION FILE SYNTAX"
+.PP
+When \fBmost\fR starts up, it tries to read a system configuration file and
+then a personal configuration file. These files may be used to specify
+key-bindings and colors.
+.PP
+To bind a key to a particular function use the syntax:
+
+.nf
+ setkey function-name key-sequence
+.fi
+.PP
+The setkey command requires two arguments. The function-name argument
+specifies the function that is to be executed as a response to the
+keys specified by the key-sequence argument are pressed. For example,
+
+.nf
+ setkey "up" "^P"
+.fi
+.PP
+indicates that when Ctrl-P is pressed then the function up is to be executed.
+.PP
+Sometimes, it is necessary to first unbind a key-sequence before
+rebinding it in order via the unsetkey function:
+
+.nf
+ unsetkey "^F"
+.fi
+.PP
+Colors may be defined through the use of the color keyword in the the
+configuration file using the syntax:
+
+.nf
+ color OBJECT-NAME FOREGROUND-COLOR BACKGROUND-COLOR
+.fi
+.PP
+Here, OBJECT-NAME can be any one of the following items:
+
+.nf
+ status -- the status line
+ underline -- underlined text
+ overstrike -- overstruck text
+ normal -- anything else
+.fi
+.PP
+See the sample configuration files for more information.
+.SH "BUGS"
+.PP
+Almost all of the known bugs or limitations of \fBmost\fR are due to a
+desire to read and interpret control characters in files. One
+problem concerns the use of backspace characters to underscore or
+overstrike other characters. \fBmost\fR makes an attempt to use terminal
+escape sequences to simulate this behavior. One side effect is the
+one does not always get what one expects when scrolling right and left
+through a file. When in doubt, use the -v and -b options of \fBmost\fR\&.
+.PP
+The regular-expression searches may fail to find strings that involve
+backspace/underscore used for highlighting. The regular-expression
+syntax is described in the S-Lang Library documentation.
+.SH "AUTHOR"
+.PP
+John E. Davis <jed@jedsoft.org>
+.SH "ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS"
+.PP
+Over the years, many people have contributed to \fBmost\fR in one way or
+another, e.g., via code patches, bug-fixes, comments, or criticisms.
+I am particularly grateful to the very early adopters of the program
+who took a chance with a fledgling software project headed by someone
+learning the underlying language. These include:
+.PP
+Mats Akerberg, Henk D. Davids, Rex O. Livingston, and Mark Pizzolato
+contributed to the early VMS versions of \fBmost\fR\&. In particular, Mark
+worked on it to get it ready for DECUS.
+.PP
+Foteos Macrides adapted \fBmost\fR for use in cswing and gopher. A few
+features of the present version of \fBmost\fR was inspired from his work.
+.PP
+I am grateful to Robert Mills for re-writing the search routines to
+use regular expressions.
+.PP
+Sven Oliver Moll came up with the idea of automatic detection of
+zipped files.
+.PP
+I would also like to thank Shinichi Hama for his valuable criticisms
+of \fBmost\fR\&.
+.PP
+Javier Kohen was instrumental in the support for UTF-8.
+.PP
+Thanks to David W. Sanderson for adapting the early documentation to
+nroff man page source format.