On Thu, 2023-10-12 at 00:51 +0200, Dragan Simic wrote: > In general, not clearing the screen (i.e. "-X") is there so the > displayed contents is still visible in the terminal after exiting the > pager. That wouldn't be the case if the screen was cleared, making > it > less usable for most users. Well, I personally, also prefer it that way... but I'd also say that just like in the case of `S`, this is not really needed from the git side, but rather simply a user choice. And since, if the output did not fit one one screen, the non-cleared remains may likely be chopped off,... one could argue that some users would actually prefer to have it cleared. > Exiting if less contents than one full screen was displayed (i.e. "- > F") > is there to save people from the frustration of quitting a pager that > actually wasn't needed to be executed. Same actually here, at least strictly speaking, ... though I (and probably everybody else?) would really hate it, if that was removed. ^^ Anyway... that's no request from my side to change the default. I just wanted to know whether that don't-clear-the-screen part was the motivation for the `X`. In case someone cares, I've asked less upstream whether there's a way to have VTE scrolling work with -X: https://github.com/gwsw/less/issues/445 Thanks, Chris.
