mercurial/help/pager.txt
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Some Mercurial commands can 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 in the user or repository configuration, Mercurial uses the
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environment variable $PAGER. If $PAGER is not set, pager.pager from the default
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or system configuration is used. If none of these are set, a default pager will
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be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows.
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.. container:: windows
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  On Windows, `more` is not color aware, so using it effectively disables color.
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  MSYS and Cygwin shells provide `less` as a pager, which can be configured to
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  support ANSI color codes.  See :hg:`help config.color.pagermode` to configure
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  the color mode when invoking a pager.
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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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  [ui]
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  paginate = never
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which will prevent the pager from running.