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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) | |||
212 | } | 212 | } |
213 | } | 213 | } |
214 | c = readbuf[readpos]; | 214 | c = readbuf[readpos]; |
215 | /* backspace? [need this for manpage display] */ | 215 | /* backspace? [needed for manpages] */ |
216 | if (c == '\x8' && linepos) { | 216 | /* <tab><bs> is (a) insane and */ |
217 | /* (b) harder to do correctly, so we refuse to do it */ | ||
218 | if (c == '\x8' && linepos && p[-1] != '\t') { | ||
217 | readpos++; /* eat it */ | 219 | readpos++; /* eat it */ |
218 | /* We do not consider the case of <tab><bs> */ | ||
219 | /* Anyone who has that is pure evil :) */ | ||
220 | linepos--; | 220 | linepos--; |
221 | *p-- = '\0'; | 221 | *--p = '\0'; |
222 | continue; | 222 | continue; |
223 | } | 223 | } |
224 | if (c == '\t') | 224 | if (c == '\t') |