On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 8:55 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Sun, 1 May 2016 05:28 pm, c...@zip.com.au wrote: > >> On 01May2016 16:44, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>So you expect the environment variable to say which of multiple pagers >>>you might want, but only when you already want a pager. Okay. How is >>>an app supposed to know whether or not to use a pager? How do you >>>expect them to mindread? >> >> I think for several of us, we do not expect the app to mindread. Don't >> page for short output! > > Is there an environment variable to tell the application what you > consider "short", or should it read your mind?
How about $LINES? If it's less than that, it'll fit on one screen. Of course, that still won't be perfect, but it's a definite improvement over guessing. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
