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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 ae936c2..20da022 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -212,13 +212,13 @@ static void read_lines(void)
}
}
c = readbuf[readpos];
- /* backspace? [need this for manpage display] */
- if (c == '\x8' && linepos) {
+ /* backspace? [needed for manpages] */
+ /* <tab><bs> is (a) insane and */
+ /* (b) harder to do correctly, so we refuse to do it */
+ if (c == '\x8' && linepos && p[-1] != '\t') {
readpos++; /* eat it */
- /* We do not consider the case of <tab><bs> */
- /* Anyone who has that is pure evil :) */
linepos--;
- *p-- = '\0';
+ *--p = '\0';
continue;
}
if (c == '\t')