> Doing the right thing requires parsing the escape sequences on input,
> and translating them to whatever is appropriate for the output device.
> 
> I see no hint in the less man page that it will do that.  A brief test
> suggests that it copies the escape sequences to the output without
> translation.

The code is worse that that! It assumes that everything from an ESC
to an 'm' is part of an ANSI escape sequence.  So if your file
contains '\e[Htext at top of screen\n' that will be assumed to be a
color change change string and not counted.

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk