#!/bin/bash

# $Header: /home/hugh/sources/misc/hless,v 1.7 2008/05/25 03:49:04 hugh Exp hugh $
# 
# hless is a simple script to run less in a separate xterm

#set -x

name="hless"

terminal="xterm"

string="`whereis aterm | grep bin`"
if [ -n "$string" ]
then
        terminal="aterm -fg white -ls -tr -trsb -sh 40"
fi

if [ $# -gt 0 ]
then
        name="$name $*"
fi

if [ $# -lt 1 ]
then
cat - >> /tmp/$$.hless

	$terminal -title "$name" -n "$name" -e less /tmp/$$.hless > /dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
	rm /tmp/$$.hless
else
	$terminal -title "$name" -n "$name" -e less $* > /dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null
fi