Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> writes:
> I do still think it
> would be useful to be able to configure its pager separately (in my
> case, I'd use "less -FX" rather than my default setup, which doesn't use
> either of those options).
Even better. Allow to optionally have the command after the option,
e.g.,
(1/1) Use this hunk [y,n,q,j,k,e,p,P] P<RET>
(1/1) Use this hunk [y,n,q,j,k,e,p,P] Pless -FX<RET>
(1/1) Use this hunk [y,n,q,j,k,e,p,P] Pcat<RET>
The first one feeds the default program with the hunk via pipe, the
second one instead invokes command you specifed, "less -FX", and
feeds the hunk to it via a pipe. The last one emulates a plain 'p'
behaviour.
And for usability, perhaps giving a specific command would change
the default program a bare 'P' invokes for the rest of the session
until another specific command overrides. Another usability hack
may be "[interactive] pipecommand = less -FX" configuration variable
gives the initial default for each session.
At that point, we can explain it as
p - print the current hunk
P[<program>] - pipe the current hunk to a program
or even use '|' instead of 'P'.
