Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-31 Thread dag
Jeff King writes: > if you really want it. As of 9bad723 (allow command-specific pagers in > pager., 2010-11-17), you can even set it to an arbitrary pager for > each git command. Cool! > With all those options, it's amazing that we can still have threads > about what should page. :) Well to b

Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-31 Thread Jeff King
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 08:09:34PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote: > writes: > > > Is "status" considered a plumbing layer command? Because I have often > > wondered why it does not use the pager by default. I pipe it through > > less all the time and it's kind of annoying that it works different

Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-31 Thread Junio C Hamano
writes: > Junio C Hamano writes: > >> In other words, Porcelain (roughly speaking, those that page by >> default when their standard output is terminal), are not "command >> line applications"; they have a layer on top with a built-in UI. > > Is "status" considered a plumbing layer command? Hav

Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-31 Thread Andreas Schwab
writes: > Is "status" considered a plumbing layer command? Because I have often > wondered why it does not use the pager by default. I pipe it through > less all the time and it's kind of annoying that it works differently > than everything else. I would be pretty annoyed if git status would p

Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-31 Thread dag
Junio C Hamano writes: > In other words, Porcelain (roughly speaking, those that page by > default when their standard output is terminal), are not "command > line applications"; they have a layer on top with a built-in UI. Is "status" considered a plumbing layer command? Because I have often w

Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-29 Thread Junio C Hamano
Emmanuel Michon writes: > I believe UNIX recommends some rules in the «less is more» spirit when > designing command line applications [basically listed here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy]. That is exactly why our plumbing layer of commands (e.g. "git diff-tree", "git rev-list"

Re: (minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-29 Thread Junio C Hamano
Emmanuel Michon writes: > Isn't the design principle superior to the wishes of the masses? Only when you are living an ideal fantasy land. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.k

(minor concern) git using the pager should not be a default

2012-08-29 Thread Emmanuel Michon
Hello, I'm risking myself on this mailing list after looking for some advise on IRC. Basically I know about this previous attempt http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122955045415845&w=2 but my request has little to do with emacs. I believe UNIX recommends some rules in the «less is more» spirit when design