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| -rw-r--r-- | miscutils/less.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c index ae936c2fb..20da02208 100644 --- a/miscutils/less.c +++ b/miscutils/less.c @@ -212,13 +212,13 @@ static void read_lines(void) } } c = readbuf[readpos]; - /* backspace? [need this for manpage display] */ - if (c == '\x8' && linepos) { + /* backspace? [needed for manpages] */ + /* <tab><bs> is (a) insane and */ + /* (b) harder to do correctly, so we refuse to do it */ + if (c == '\x8' && linepos && p[-1] != '\t') { readpos++; /* eat it */ - /* We do not consider the case of <tab><bs> */ - /* Anyone who has that is pure evil :) */ linepos--; - *p-- = '\0'; + *--p = '\0'; continue; } if (c == '\t') |