[Patches] [ python-Patches-443551 ] Minor change to pager choice in pydoc.py

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Patches item #443551, was opened at 2001-07-22 09:22
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Category: demos and tools
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Accepted
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Alex Coventry (alex_coventry)
>Assigned to: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Summary: Minor change to pager choice in pydoc.py

Initial Comment:
If $PAGER is not set, and the "less" command works,
then pydoc pipes its
output to less.  If $TERM is "dumb", or "emacs", this
is a pretty inconvenient
choice.  This patch sends the output to stdout in those
cases.  I find it easier
to use, especially when working with in a shell
subordinate to emacs, where
you can use the paging facilities of emacs itself
anyway.

Alex.


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>Comment By: Fred L. Drake, Jr. (fdrake)
Date: 2001-07-23 12:48

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Checked in as Lib/pydoc.py revision 1.40, then changed to use plainpager in 1.41.

Can't we just nuke all the dumb terminals?

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-07-22 09:27

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Shouldn't it return plainpager rather than a function that
doesn't page at all?


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