diff -up ./less-458/help.c.use-backslash ./less-458/help.c
--- ./less-458/help.c.use-backslash	2015-05-21 17:37:34.000000000 +0200
+++ ./less-458/help.c	2015-05-21 17:47:17.020997416 +0200
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ constant char helpdata[] = {
 ' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ','D','o','n','\'','t',' ','s','e','n','d',' ','t','e','r','m','c','a','p',' ','k','e','y','p','a','d',' ','i','n','i','t','/','d','e','i','n','i','t',' ','s','t','r','i','n','g','s','.','\n',
 ' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.',' ',' ','-','-','f','o','l','l','o','w','-','n','a','m','e','\n',
 ' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ','T','h','e',' ','F',' ','c','o','m','m','a','n','d',' ','c','h','a','n','g','e','s',' ','f','i','l','e','s',' ','i','f',' ','t','h','e',' ','i','n','p','u','t',' ','f','i','l','e',' ','i','s',' ','r','e','n','a','m','e','d','.','\n',
+' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ','.','.','.','.','.','.','.','.',' ',' ','-','-','u','s','e','-','b','a','c','k','s','l','a','s','h','\n',
+' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ',' ','S','u','b','s','e','q','u','e','n','t',' ','o','p','t','i','o','n','s',' ','u','s','e',' ','b','a','c','k','s','l','a','s','h',' ','a','s',' ','e','s','c','a','p','e',' ','c','h','a','r','.','\n',
 '\n',
 '\n',
 ' ','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','-','\n',
diff -up ./less-458/less.hlp.use-backslash ./less-458/less.hlp
--- ./less-458/less.hlp.use-backslash	2015-05-21 17:37:34.000000000 +0200
+++ ./less-458/less.hlp	2015-05-21 17:37:10.000000000 +0200
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@
                   Don't send termcap keypad init/deinit strings.
       ........  --follow-name
                   The F command changes files if the input file is renamed.
+      ........  --use-backslash
+                  Subsequent options use backslash as escape char.
 
 
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