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Compiling MOST requires an ANSI C compiler. In addition you MUST have
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a copy of the S-Lang library version 2.X. Version 1 is no longer
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supported. This library is available from
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<http://www.jedsoft.org/slang/>.
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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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On Unix, you should be able to simply type:
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./configure; make
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at the Unix prompt. If you are using CYGWIN, you will need to ensure
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that libslang.dll is on your PATH; otherwise the chkslang program will
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not run.
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If using DJGPP or MINGW32, do:
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<edit src/makefile.w32, setting ARCH to either dgj or gw32>
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cd src
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make -f makefile.w32
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For VMS, edit the file `vmsmake.com'. When finished, either type `@vmsmake'
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or `@vmsmake gcc' at the VMS prompt. Once MOST has been created, it must be
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installed as a foreign command. This means that you must first type:
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$ most :== $device:[dir.containing.most]most.exe
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I suggest that you first build MOST then view the doc file using MOST (`most
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most.doc'). If you need help, hit the `h' key from within MOST.
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MOST understands the following environment variables:
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MOST_SWITCHES
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MOST_EDITOR, SLANG_EDITOR, EDITOR
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MOST_INITFILE
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MOST_HELP
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1. MOST_SWITCHES is a list of commonly used switches.
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2. MOST_EDITOR and SLANG_EDITOR are formatted strings describing what
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editor to use. The string can contain %s and %d formatting descriptors
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that represent the file name and line number, respectively. For
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example, if JED is your editor, then set MOST_EDITOR to 'jed %s -g %d'.
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Since MOST is just one of several programs that use the S-Lang library,
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I suggest that you use SLANG_EDITOR instead of MOST_EDITOR.
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3. MOST_INITFILE specifies a configuration file for MOST. One can specify
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keymaps, colors, etc. via this file. In the absence of
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MOST_INITFILE, the program will look for a file call .mostrc in
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the home directory (most.rc on non-Unix systems).
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See `lesskeys.rc' for an example of a key definition file that
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causes MOST to emulate the `less' pager. See also most-fun.txt
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for a list of functions that can be used for key definitions. The
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file `most.rc' list the bindings that are built-in to the
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viewer.
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4. If MOST_HELP is defined to point to an existing file, MOST will load a
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file as a help file. This is useful for describing custom keymaps.
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Any problems with MOST should be reported to jed@jedsoft.org.
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[Note also that this is really the first non-trivial C program that
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I ever wrote. Because of this, much of the code appears very
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amateurish. For example, I tried very hard to avoid C constructs
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that some authors strongly discourage, e.g., goto, continue,
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break. Of course this made some of the code convoluted, e.g.,
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contrast
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int test = 1;
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while (test)
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{
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function ();
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if (-1 == some_function ())
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test = 0;
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if (test)
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some_other_function ();
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}
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with:
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while (1)
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{
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function ();
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if (-1 == some_function ()) break;
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some_other_function ();
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}
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I have since concluded that many text-book authors never actually
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wrote anything non-trivial. Whenever I work on MOST, I try to make
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some changes in an effort to clean it up. ]
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--John Davis
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