view mercurial/help/pager.txt @ 31083:c42feb5f3143

color: move '_colormode' to the core 'ui' class

Having all 'ui' objects aware of 'color' allows us to update the core code to
handle color. The mode will stay 'None' in the default case so that will not
introduce any changes.

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 `more`.

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.