Issue 897: darcs get --help" automatically uses pager, which is annoying

Title	darcs get --help" automatically uses pager, which is annoying
Priority	feature	Status	duplicate
Milestone		Resolved in
Superseder	wish: do not automatically use pager for help View: 896	Nosy List	darcs-devel, dmitry.kurochkin, kowey, thorkilnaur, tommy, warner-darcs-bugs
Assigned To		Topics

Created on 2008-06-04.22:23:39 by warner-darcs-bugs, last changed 2009-08-27.14:00:32 by admin.

msg4945 (view)

Author: warner-darcs-bugs

Date: 2008-06-04.22:23:35

My debian system (sid) was recently upgraded to use darcs2 ("2.0.0
(unknown)"), and it appears that the new code automatically uses a pager when
displaying help output (in particular "darcs get --help" now launches
/usr/bin/less, whereas back in darcs1 it just dumped the whole thing to
stdout).

I know that sometimes this is a good thing, but this time it annoyed
me.. I wanted to see the help text on the screen at the same time as
the command I was about to type in, and sending it through less prevents
me from doing that. In general, if I want to use a pager, I'll append
"|less" to the command, so I frown upon programs that force this choice
upon me.

Just my two cents,
 -Brian

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2008-06-04 22:23:39	warner-darcs-bugs	create
2008-06-05 07:03:32	kowey	set	priority: feature status: unread -> duplicate superseder: + wish: do not automatically use pager for help nosy: + warner-darcs-bugs, - warner-darcs-bugs
2009-08-06 21:06:52	admin	set	nosy: + dmitry.kurochkin, simon, kowey, thorkilnaur, - beschmi
2009-08-11 00:16:01	admin	set	nosy: - dagit
2009-08-25 18:11:56	admin	set	nosy: + darcs-devel, - simon
2009-08-27 14:00:32	admin	set	nosy: tommy, kowey, darcs-devel, thorkilnaur, dmitry.kurochkin, warner-darcs-bugs

Issue 897 darcs get --help" automatically uses pager, which is annoying