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authorMichael Rohleder <mike@rohleder.de>2020-05-03 13:09:15 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2020-05-04 23:08:02 +0200
commit0e680920b9e54d7c8a901b1c9cf02ce4468f44ed (patch)
treeb133895fafb7724e9ac4c3ed72dd8253ac17b9e9 /gnu/packages/less.scm
parenta17ab977fe4532733d8258fa9f94083f58ee4549 (diff)
gnu: Add lesspipe.
* gnu/packages/less.scm (lesspipe): New variable. Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
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diff --git a/gnu/packages/less.scm b/gnu/packages/less.scm
index 91c269a67e..76a4d42dfd 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/less.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/less.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2012 Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
;;; Copyright © 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2020 Michael Rohleder <mike@rohleder.de>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -20,8 +21,11 @@
(define-module (gnu packages less)
#:use-module (guix licenses)
#:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+ #:use-module (gnu packages file)
#:use-module (guix packages)
#:use-module (guix download)
+ #:use-module (guix git-download)
#:use-module (guix build-system gnu))
(define-public less
@@ -48,3 +52,43 @@ backwards and forwards movement through the document. It also does not have
to read the entire input file before starting, so it starts faster than most
text editors.")
(license gpl3+))) ; some files are under GPLv2+
+
+(define-public lesspipe
+ (package
+ (name "lesspipe")
+ (version "1.84")
+ (source (origin
+ (method git-fetch)
+ (uri (git-reference
+ (url "https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe.git")
+ (commit version)))
+ (file-name (git-file-name name version))
+ (sha256
+ (base32
+ "124ffhzrikr88ab14rk6753n8adxijpmg7q3zx7nmqc52wpkfd8q"))))
+ (build-system gnu-build-system)
+ (arguments
+ '(#:tests? #f ; no tests
+ #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+ (replace 'configure
+ (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+ (let ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")))
+ (delete-file "Makefile") ; force generating
+ (invoke "./configure"
+ (string-append "--prefix=" out)
+ "--yes")
+ #t))))))
+ (inputs
+ `(("file" ,file)
+ ("ncurses" ,ncurses))) ; for tput
+ (native-inputs `(("perl" ,perl)))
+ (home-page "https://github.com/wofr06/lesspipe")
+ (synopsis "Input filter for less")
+ (description "To browse files, the excellent viewer @code{less} can be
+used. By setting the environment variable @code{LESSOPEN}, less can be
+enhanced by external filters to become more powerful. The input filter for
+less described here is called @code{lesspipe.sh}. It is able to process a
+wide variety of file formats. It enables users to inspect archives and
+display their contents without having to unpack them before. The filter is
+easily extensible for new formats.")
+ (license gpl2+)))