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AquaLess

AquaLess - 1.5

GUI text pager

All Time: (4.2)
This Version: Not rated (0.0)
Current Version: 1.5
Release Date: 2006-02-12
License: Freeware
Downloads (this version): 2,196
Downloads (all versions): 4,306

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Product Description:

AquaLess is a text pager for Mac OS X that is intended to replace the less command. It allows you to browse lengthy text output from Unix command line tools in a separate window, so you can keep working in the terminal while you read.

What's new in this version:

  • Font and text color can be set through the Preferences window
  • Built as a Universal Binary

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

  • Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
  • Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
  • Mac OS X 10.3.9

Additional Requirements:

  • Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher

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AquaLess Commentaryinstall command line tool - Version: 1.5, 2/24/2006 02:48AM PST

lp15
I use it daily; can't live without it. But the new version has the annoying habit of asking to install the command line tool every time you launch it using Open With. Yes the command line tool is fine, but must we use it every time?
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AquaLess Review...and, by the way - Version: 1.5, 2/13/2006 01:57PM PST

dhsanto
It would be nice if the developer would add the following: make the app remember window size and location.
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AquaLess Usage TipAuto-starting AquaLess from Terminal with no funny commands. - Version: 1.5, 2/13/2006 01:48PM PST

dhsanto
First, let's assume you've dl'd AquaLess and installed it in your Applications folder (just a suggestion). Go to where you installed it and double-click the AquaLess icon to startup the application. If this is your FIRST TIME starting AquaLess, or you've been using a prior version, you'll get a window asking whether you want to install or update/upgrade the Unix executable file "aless." This file will be installed/upgraded in the directory: /usr/bin. You can now quit the AquaLess application. Navigate to the /private/etc directory and, using your favorite text editor, open the file named "profile." If it doesn't exist, create an empty file with that name (no quotes or period). If you've had to create a brand new "profile" file, put this line at the very top on line one(1): "# System-wide .profile for sh(1)." (No quotes and no period after sh(1).) Hit "return" twice. Now, add this line: MANPAGER="/usr/bin/aless" just as it appears here. Hit "return" twice. Below the 2nd return (or further down the page if other environment variables are already defined) you may find a line that starts with the word "export." (No period.) If the export line already exists, make sure there is a SPACE character after the "t" in export and then add the following word: MANPAGER. (Without the period.) If the export line does not exist, then you'll have to type in the following: "export MANPAGER." (No quotes or period.) You're done. Save the file. You will be asked for your "administrator" password. Now, in Terminal, merely by typing "man" (and your man ITEM, e.g. "man SystemStarter"), Aqualess will automatically start up and display the man page you just instructed it to.
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