mercurial/help/pager.txt
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Some Mercurial commands produce a lot of output, and Mercurial will
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attempt to use a pager to make those commands more pleasant.
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To set the pager that should be used, set the application variable::
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  [pager]
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  pager = less -FRX
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If no pager is set, the pager extensions uses the environment variable
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$PAGER. If neither pager.pager, nor $PAGER is set, a default pager
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will be used, typically `more`.
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You can disable the pager for certain commands by adding them to the
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pager.ignore list::
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  [pager]
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  ignore = version, help, update
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To ignore global commands like :hg:`version` or :hg:`help`, you have
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to specify them in your user configuration file.
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To control whether the pager is used at all for an individual command,
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you can use --pager=<value>::
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  - use as needed: `auto`.
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  - require the pager: `yes` or `on`.
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  - suppress the pager: `no` or `off` (any unrecognized value
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  will also work).
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To globally turn off all attempts to use a pager, set::
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  [pager]
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  enable = false
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which will prevent the pager from running.