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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 = 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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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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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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paginate = never |
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which will prevent the pager from running. |