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pager: use less as a fallback on Unix
This seems reasonable choice per discussion, and the default-default of Git.
See also the inline-comment for why.
https://www.mercurial-scm.org/pipermail/mercurial-devel/2017-April/097042.html
author | Yuya Nishihara <yuya@tcha.org> |
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date | Fri, 28 Apr 2017 20:51:14 +0900 |
parents | 88203f26ea57 |
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Some Mercurial commands produce a lot of output, and Mercurial will attempt to use a pager to make those commands more pleasant. To set the pager that should be used, set the application variable:: [pager] pager = less -FRX If no pager is set, the pager extensions uses the environment variable $PAGER. If neither pager.pager, nor $PAGER is set, a default pager will be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows. You can disable the pager for certain commands by adding them to the pager.ignore list:: [pager] ignore = version, help, update To ignore global commands like :hg:`version` or :hg:`help`, you have to specify them in your user configuration file. To control whether the pager is used at all for an individual command, you can use --pager=<value>:: - use as needed: `auto`. - require the pager: `yes` or `on`. - suppress the pager: `no` or `off` (any unrecognized value will also work). To globally turn off all attempts to use a pager, set:: [pager] enable = false which will prevent the pager from running.