Less cheat sheet

normal pager (default)

- - Esc alt/meta
- - Esc noop
- - Esc noop
- - Esc noop
- - Esc noop
- - Esc
- normal pager: numeric row shift
  - ~
  - ! shell command
  - @
  - #
  - $
  - % »p
  - ^
  - &· filter matches
  - *
  - ( closing
  - )
  - _· show option
  - + initial cmd
- normal pager: numeric row
  - `
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5
  - 6
  - 7
  - 8
  - 9
  - 0
  - -· toggle option
  - = file name
- flag identifiers: numeric row shift
  - ~ outside tildes toggle
  - !
  - @
  - #· col shift
  - $
  - %
  - ^
  - &
  - *
  - (
  - )
  - _
  - +· reset option
- flag identifiers: numeric row
  - `
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5
  - 6
  - 7
  - 8
  - 9
  - 0
  - -· option name
  - =
- colon commands: numeric row shift
  - ~
  - !
  - @
  - #
  - $
  - %
  - ^
  - &
  - *
  - (
  - )
  - _
  - +
- colon commands: numeric row
  - `
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5
  - 6
  - 7
  - 8
  - 9
  - 0
  - -
  - =
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): numeric row shift
  - ~
  - !
  - @
  - #
  - $
  - %
  - ^
  - &
  - *
  - ( scroll left
  - ) scroll right
  - _
  - +
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): numeric row
  - `
  - 1
  - 2
  - 3
  - 4
  - 5
  - 6
  - 7
  - 8
  - 9
  - 0
  - -
  - =
- normal pager: top row shift
  - Q »q
  - W
  - E
  - R refresh
  - T prev tag
  - Y
  - U
  - I
  - O
  - P
  - {
  - }
- normal pager: top row
  - q quit
  - w page up and set window
  - e »j
  - r redraw
  - t next tag
  - y »k
  - u scroll up
  - i
  - o
  - p reset position
  - [
  - ]
- flag identifiers: top row shift
  - Q no warn bell
  - W hilight forward
  - E exit at eof
  - R ansi chars
  - T· tags file
  - Y
  - U escape \t \b \r
  - I ignore case
  - O· log overwrite
  - P· status line
  - {
  - }
- flag identifiers: top row
  - q no info bell
  - w hilight page down
  - e exit after eof
  - r raw chars
  - t· find tag
  - y· scroll limit fwd
  - u parse \b \r
  - i ignore lowercase
  - o· stdin to log
  - p· initial search
  - [
  - ]
- colon commands: top row shift
  - Q »:q
  - W
  - E
  - R
  - T
  - Y
  - U
  - I
  - O
  - P
  - {
  - }
- colon commands: top row
  - q »q
  - w
  - e open file
  - r
  - t
  - y
  - u
  - i
  - o
  - p prev file
  - [
  - ]
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): top row shift
  - Q
  - W
  - E
  - R
  - T
  - Y
  - U
  - I
  - O
  - P
  - {
  - }
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): top row
  - q
  - w
  - e
  - r
  - t
  - y
  - u mark search
  - i
  - o
  - p
  - [
  - ]
- normal pager: home row shift
  - A
  - S
  - D
  - F follow
  - G last line
  - H »h
  - J
  - K
  - L
  - :· command
  - "
  - |· pipe till mark
- normal pager: home row
  - a
  - s· save to file
  - d scroll down
  - f page down
  - g (first) line
  - h help
  - j ▼
  - k ▲
  - l
  - ;
  - '· goto mark
  - \
- flag identifiers: home row shift
  - A
  - S no line wrap
  - D· dos colours
  - F exit if 1 page
  - G
  - H
  - J status column
  - K
  - L ignore lessopen filter
  - :
  - "· shell quotes
  - |
- flag identifiers: home row
  - a advance find page
  - s squeeze blank lines
  - d dumb terminal
  - f force open
  - g hilight last match
  - h· scroll back limit
  - j· top offset
  - k· key bindings
  - l
  - ;
  - '
  - \
- colon commands: home row shift
  - A
  - S
  - D
  - F
  - G
  - H
  - J
  - K
  - L
  - :
  - "
  - |
- colon commands: home row
  - a
  - s
  - d drop file
  - f »=
  - g
  - h
  - j
  - k
  - l
  - ;
  - '
  - \
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): home row shift
  - A
  - S
  - D
  - F
  - G
  - H
  - J
  - K
  - L
  - :
  - "
  - |
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): home row
  - a
  - s
  - d
  - f
  - g
  - h
  - j
  - k
  - l
  - ;
  - '
  - \
- normal pager: bottom row shift
  - Z
  - X
  - C
  - V version
  - B
  - N prev find
  - M
  - < »g
  - > »G
  - ?· find rev.
- normal pager: bottom row
  - z set page down
  - x
  - c
  - v edit
  - b page up
  - n next find
  - m· mark position
  - ,
  - .
  - /· find
- flag identifiers: bottom row shift
  - Z
  - X no termcap init
  - C
  - V »V
  - B static buffer for pipes
  - N show line numbers
  - M long prompt toggle
  - <
  - >
  - ?
- flag identifiers: bottom row
  - z· page size
  - x· tab stops
  - c clear on scroll
  - v
  - b· buffer space
  - n count line numbers
  - m med. prompt toggle
  - ,
  - .
  - /
- colon commands: bottom row shift
  - Z
  - X
  - C
  - V
  - B
  - N
  - M
  - <
  - >
  - ?
- colon commands: bottom row
  - z
  - x first file
  - c
  - v
  - b
  - n next file
  - m
  - ,
  - .
  - /
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): bottom row shift
  - Z
  - X
  - C
  - V
  - B
  - N any prev find
  - M
  - < »g
  - > »G
  - ?
- escape keys (hold meta/alt): bottom row
  - z
  - x
  - c
  - v »b
  - b
  - n any next find
  - m
  - ,
  - .
  - /

info: Temporary message display (or related option).
move: Regular file position panning (or option).
jump: Other file position manipulation (").
search: Go to matching content (").
file: Alter open file buffer (").
misc: Other commands and options.

key·: Commands with a dot need a char argument afterwards.
more: A small subset is compatible with `more`.

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ascii mode is off
keys are hidden if unassigned by default
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