# 使用 Homebrew 安装 eless

查看 eless 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

## 安装

```sh
sudo av install brew:eless
```

其他安装命令:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install eless
```

  证据: local Homebrew formula metadata

## 软件包事实

- **软件包键:** brew:eless
- **软件包管理器:** Homebrew
- **软件包管理器页面:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/eless>
- **版本:** 0.7
- **来源摘要:** Better less using Emacs view-mode and Bash
- **主页:** <https://eless.scripter.co/>
- **仓库:** <https://github.com/kaushalmodi/eless>
- **上游文档:** <https://eless.scripter.co/>
- **许可证:** MIT
- **源码归档:** <https://github.com/kaushalmodi/eless/archive/refs/tags/v0.7.tar.gz>
- **已生成:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## 可执行文件

- eless (cli)
- eless (别名)

## 依赖

- emacs

## 安装行为

- post-install 钩子: 未定义
- Bottle: 可用 于 all

## 版本和新鲜度

- 页面生成时间: 2026-08-04
- 管理器版本: 0.7
- 本地数据: OK
- 上游仓库: https://github.com/kaushalmodi/eless
- 检测到的最新版本: v0.7 (当前)
- 信息: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## 项目历史与用法

eless is a Bash-and-Emacs pager that tries to behave like a better `less`: quick to launch, independent of the user's normal Emacs configuration, and useful for syntax-highlighted files, man pages, Info manuals, diffs, logs, directories, and piped output.

### 项目历史

The eless repository was created in April 2017. Its README describes the tool as a combination of a Bash script and a minimal Emacs `view-mode` configuration, created because the author wanted something like `less` but with Emacs' richer viewing modes.

The project is intentionally small and literate: the README says the script and documentation are generated from one Org Babel source file, and the documentation site is generated from the same file.

### 采用历史

eless remained a niche terminal productivity tool rather than a broad ecosystem package. Its adoption path is mostly manual installation and Homebrew, aimed at users who already have Emacs installed and want it to serve as a pager.

### 使用方式

Users run `eless file`, pipe command output into it, set `PAGER=eless` for git or man-page workflows, inspect directories through dired, view colored diffs, or follow logs with auto-revert behavior. It deliberately avoids requiring an already-running Emacs server.

Because it depends on Emacs, Bash, Perl, and Texinfo for some workflows, eless is most attractive to terminal users who already live near the Emacs ecosystem and want a richer pager without changing every command-line habit.

### 为什么软件包爱好者会关心

eless is a neat package-manager edge case: the package is just a small script, but it turns a large editor runtime into a pager. That makes it interesting for CLI catalogs because its real capability comes from composition with Emacs rather than from a large standalone binary.

### 时间线

- 2017: GitHub repository created.
- 2017: eless documented as a Bash script plus minimal Emacs view-mode configuration.
- 2022: Last observed repository push from GitHub metadata before this enrichment run.

### Related projects

- eless relates to `less`, Emacs view-mode, dired, man, Info, git diff pagers, and other enhanced pagers such as bat or delta, though its implementation is centered on Emacs rather than terminal rendering alone.

### 来源

- <https://github.com/kaushalmodi/eless>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kaushalmodi/eless/master/README.org>
- <https://eless.scripter.co/>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/kaushalmodi/eless>


## 安全说明

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger 风险:** 绿色 / 低
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## 源数据库详情

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** eless
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


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- [Productivity CLI packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/productivity-cli-packages/) - Matched curated productivity category metadata from av.db.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [emacs](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/emacs/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [nvimpager](https://pkg.so/zh-hans/brew/nvimpager/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: cli, pager, productivity, terminal.
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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/eless.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/eless.yml)


## 来源

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph