On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM Jeff King <peff@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 02:38:23AM -0500, Jeff King wrote: > > > I wonder if we should consider adding "U" to the default $LESS variable > > we set. > > Having tried this for 5 minutes, the answer is a resounding "no". It > also treats tabs as control characters, making source code diffs rather > ugly. ;) > > In modern versions of less you can get around it with: > > LESS="-U --proc-tab" > > or: > > LESS="--PROC-BACKSPACE" > > but those are new in less 632, from the last year or two. So I don't > think we can rely on it in our default variable, but people with recent > versions of less should consider setting it.
