# Lesskey configuration file for less.
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2012 Simon Ruderich
+#
+# This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this file. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
#command
# Map "-" to go up one screen like in mutt.
- back-screen
+# Map h and l to work like in Vim (go left/right). To display the help use H.
+h left-scroll
+l right-scroll
+
+
+#line-edit
+
+# Vim-like up/down to replace the arrow keys.
+^P up
+^N down
+
#env
-# Set options for less. If the command output fits on the current terminal
-# page less automatically quits. Also allows the use with colordiff. When
-# searching ignore case if no uppercase letter is used.
-LESS = --no-init --search-skip-screen --quit-if-one-screen --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS --ignore-case
+# Set options for less.
+#
+# no-init: Disable initialization termcap as it causes the screen to get
+# cleared on some systems.
+# quit-if-one-screen: If the output fits on the current screen quit less.
+# RAW-CONTROL-CHARS: Display ANSI "color" escape sequences to allow colored
+# output. Other escape sequences are drawn in caret
+# notation.
+# ignore-case: Ignore case if the search string doesn't contain any uppercase
+# letters. If there are upperspace letters respect case.
+#
+# Don't use search-skip-screen or it's easy to miss matches on the current
+# page.
+LESS = --no-init --quit-if-one-screen --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS --ignore-case
+
+# Store less' history file in this directory. HISTORY_PATH is replaced by
+# setup.sh because lesskey doesn't expand ~/.
+LESSHISTFILE = HISTORY_PATH
+# Increase the history size, default is 100.
+LESSHISTSIZE = 1000