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-rw-r--r--miscutils/less.c10
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')