Dave Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: >> | From: Dave Anderson <anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> >> | Fine, but at a minimum I propose the addition of a "--more" command >> | line argument to force its use instead of "less". With that in place, >> | I've verified that crash scrolling works fine using the "vanilla" >> | TERM type, and I presume that using "more" for scrolling would suffice >> | within the emacs/jove/vanilla environment as well? >> Would it not be better to use $PAGER to make this choice? >> - it is already a convention >> - it doesn't add to the tangle of options >> - it allows even more control (eg. PAGER=cat) >> > > I guess because $PAGER is typically not set, and PAGER=cat is > pretty much the same as "set scroll off". I don't mind when a tool has its own idiosyncratic default for unset $PAGER, but I do mind when it ignores $PAGER in favour of its own idiosyncratic pager selection mechanism. -- Crash-utility mailing list Crash-utility@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/crash-utility
