sync some of the text of ENVIRONMENT with more(1), and cut some

verbiage;

ok millert

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/less/less.1 b/usr.bin/less/less.1
index bda3a669f83..d1488792e2c 100644
--- a/usr.bin/less/less.1
+++ b/usr.bin/less/less.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: less.1,v 1.40 2014/05/09 21:51:50 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: less.1,v 1.41 2014/05/13 22:07:03 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (C) 1984-2012  Mark Nudelman
 .\"
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 .\" OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN
 .\" IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 9 2014 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: May 13 2014 $
 .Dt LESS 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -1650,12 +1650,18 @@ over variables defined in the system-wide lesskey file.
 .Bl -tag -width LESSANSIENDCHARS
 .It Ev COLUMNS
 Sets the number of columns on the screen.
-Takes precedence over the number of columns specified by the TERM variable.
-(But if you have a windowing system which supports TIOCGWINSZ or WIOCGETD,
-the window system's idea of the screen size takes precedence over the
-LINES and COLUMNS environment variables.)
+Takes precedence over the number of columns specified by the
+.Ev TERM
+variable,
+but may be overridden by window systems which support
+.Dv TIOCGWINSZ .
 .It Ev EDITOR
-The name of the editor (used for the v command).
+Specifies the default editor if
+.Ev VISUAL
+is not set.
+If neither are set,
+.Xr vi 1
+is used.
 .It Ev HOME
 Name of the user's home directory
 (used to find a lesskey file).
@@ -1744,10 +1750,9 @@ Emulate the
 command.
 .It Ev LINES
 Sets the number of lines on the screen.
-Takes precedence over the number of lines specified by the TERM variable.
-(But if you have a windowing system which supports TIOCGWINSZ or WIOCGETD,
-the window system's idea of the screen size takes precedence over the
-LINES and COLUMNS environment variables.)
+Takes precedence over the number of lines specified by the TERM variable,
+but may be overridden by window systems which support
+.Dv TIOCGWINSZ .
 .It Ev MORE
 Options which are passed to
 .Nm
@@ -1757,11 +1762,17 @@ compatible mode.
 .It Ev SHELL
 The shell used to execute the ! command, as well as to expand filenames.
 .It Ev TERM
-The type of terminal on which
+Specifies the terminal type.
+Used by
 .Nm
-is being run.
+to get the terminal characteristics necessary to manipulate the screen.
 .It Ev VISUAL
-The name of the editor (used for the v command).
+Specifies the default editor.
+If not set,
+.Ev EDITOR is used;
+if that is not set,
+.Xr vi 1
+is used.
 .El
 .Sh SEE ALSO
 .Xr lesskey 1 ,