[PATCH 3/3] more: manual page to mention long options

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Also strange `if binary is called page' functionality is now
mentioned, with a warning that more might not do this forever.

Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@xxxxxx>
---
 text-utils/more.1 |   51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

diff --git a/text-utils/more.1 b/text-utils/more.1
index 02353aa..894b0a8 100644
--- a/text-utils/more.1
+++ b/text-utils/more.1
@@ -33,11 +33,14 @@
 .\"	@(#)more.1	5.15 (Berkeley) 7/29/91
 .\"
 .\" Revised: Fri Dec 25 15:27:27 1992 by root
-.\" 25Dec92: Extensive changes made by Rik Faith (faith@xxxxxxxxxx) to
-.\" conform with the more 5.19 currently in use by the Linux community.
+.\"	25Dec92: Extensive changes made by Rik Faith (faith@xxxxxxxxxx) to
+.\"	conform with the more 5.19 currently in use by the Linux community.
+.\" Revised: Sun Jan 30 2011
+.\"	Support for long options.
+.\"	git show 30b1a837b5107942458d0104b2bab370099daf70
 .\"
 .\" .Dd July 29, 1991 (Modified December 25, 1992)
-.Dd December 25, 1992
+.Dd January 30, 2011
 .Dt MORE 1
 .Os "Linux 0.98"
 .Sh NAME
@@ -45,10 +48,7 @@
 .Nd file perusal filter for crt viewing
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm more
-.Op Fl dlfpcsu
-.Op Fl num
-.Op +/\fIpattern\fP
-.Op +\fIlinenum\fP
+.Op options
 .Op Ar
 .Sh DESCRIPTION
 .Nm More
@@ -65,14 +65,17 @@ Options are also taken from the environment variable
 (make sure to precede them with a dash (``-'')) but command
 line options will override them.
 .Bl -tag -width flag
-.It Fl num
-This option specifies an integer which is the screen size (in lines).
-.It Fl d
+.It Fl d, \-\-visible-bell
 .Nm more
 will prompt the user with the message "[Press space to continue, 'q' to
 quit.]" and will display "[Press 'h' for instructions.]" instead of ringing
 the bell when an illegal key is pressed.
-.It Fl l
+.It Fl f, \-\-logical-count
+Causes
+.Nm more
+to count logical, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines are not
+folded).
+.It Fl l, \-\-ignore-form-feed
 .Nm more
 usually treats
 .Ic \&^L
@@ -80,27 +83,27 @@ usually treats
 contains a form feed.  The
 .Fl l
 option will prevent this behavior.
-.It Fl f
-Causes
-.Nm more
-to count logical, rather than screen lines (i.e., long lines are not
-folded).
-.It Fl p
+.It Fl p, \-\-no-scroll
 Do not scroll.  Instead, clear the whole screen and then display the text.
-.It Fl c
+
+Warning. This option is set if command binary is called `page',
+and in future this will not be supported way to set the option.
+.It Fl c, \-\-clean-ends
 Do not scroll.  Instead, paint each screen from the top, clearing the
 remainder of each line as it is displayed.
-.It Fl s
-Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
-.It Fl u
+.It Fl u, \-\-no-underlining
 Suppress underlining.
-.It Ic +/
+.It Fl s, \-\-squeeze
+Squeeze multiple blank lines into one.
+.It Fl num, \-\-lines=num
+This option specifies an integer which is the screen size (in lines).
+.It Ic +num, \-\-start-line=num
+Start at line number
+.It Ic +/string, \-\-search=string
 The
 .Ic +/
 option specifies a string that will be searched for before
 each file is displayed.
-.It Ic +num
-Start at line number
 .Ic num .
 .El
 .Sh COMMANDS
-- 
1.7.3.5

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