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@ 2009-10-28 15:21 Ben Walton
  2009-10-28 17:55 ` Junio C Hamano
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From: Ben Walton @ 2009-10-28 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Hi All,

I'd like to see what people think about providing a configure/Makefile
knob for overriding the default pager at build time.  Currently,
things use 'less' as the fallback and rely on the path to find
it.

On (old) solaris systems, /usr/bin/less (typically the first less
found) doesn't understand the default arguments (FXRS), which forces
users to alter their environment (PATH, GIT_PAGER, LESS, etc) or have
a local or global gitconfig before paging works as expected.

Would it be completely out of line to provide a knob so that the
fallback $pager could be set to something more specific/appropriate
during the build?  [I'll do the work but not if it's an undesirable
addition.]

Alternately, are packagers recommended to simply ship a global
gitconfig that sets core.pager?

Thanks
-Ben
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2009-10-28 15:21 packaging vs default pager Ben Walton
2009-10-28 17:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-29  7:32   ` [PATCH 0/2] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-29  7:45     ` [PATCH 1/2] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-29  7:50     ` [PATCH/RFC 2/2] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-29 10:36       ` David Roundy
2009-10-29 11:50         ` Johannes Sixt
2009-10-29 20:40           ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-29 20:57             ` Johannes Sixt
2009-10-29 22:12               ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-30  2:21                 ` David Roundy
2009-10-29 20:43       ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-30 10:16         ` [PATCH v2 0/8] Default pager and editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:20           ` [PATCH 1/8] launch_editor: Longer error message when TERM=dumb Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:25           ` [PATCH 2/8] Handle more shell metacharacters in editor names Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:26           ` [PATCH 3/8] Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 20:51             ` Johannes Sixt
2009-10-30 22:47               ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 22:43                 ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31  0:01                   ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:29           ` [PATCH 4/8] Teach git var about GIT_PAGER Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:32           ` [PATCH 5/8] add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:33           ` [PATCH 6/8] am -i, git-svn: use "git var GIT_PAGER" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:35           ` [PATCH 7/8] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 13:17             ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 10:39           ` [PATCH 8/8] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-30 22:59             ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-30 10:49           ` [PATCH/RFC 9/8] Teach git var to run the editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  1:20           ` [PATCH v3 0/8] Default pager and editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  1:24             ` [PATCH 1/8] Handle more shell metacharacters in editor names Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  1:30             ` [PATCH 2/8] Do not use VISUAL editor on dumb terminals Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  7:46               ` [PATCH v2 " Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  1:39             ` [PATCH v2 3/8] Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  2:01               ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31  2:23                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  2:34                   ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31  4:00                     ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  4:04                       ` [PATCH v3] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  4:53                         ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  7:56                           ` [PATCH v4] " Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-01  4:29                             ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 19:40               ` [PATCH v2 3/8] " Johannes Sixt
2009-10-31  1:41             ` [PATCH 4/8] Teach git var about GIT_PAGER Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  1:42             ` [PATCH 5/8] add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  1:43             ` [PATCH 6/8] am -i, git-svn: use "git var GIT_PAGER" Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  1:44             ` [PATCH 7/8] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31  2:09               ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31  3:26                 ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-10-31 19:51                   ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31 21:21                     ` Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-01  4:29                       ` Junio C Hamano
2009-10-31  1:45             ` [PATCH 8/8] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:51             ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Default pager and editor Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:52               ` [PATCH 1/9] Handle more shell metacharacters in editor names Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:56               ` [PATCH 2/9] Do not use VISUAL editor on dumb terminals Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-11 23:57               ` [PATCH 3/9] Suppress warnings from "git var -l" Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12  0:01               ` [PATCH 4/9] Teach git var about GIT_EDITOR Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12  0:02               ` [PATCH 5/9] Teach git var about GIT_PAGER Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12  0:02               ` [PATCH 6/9] add -i, send-email, svn, p4, etc: use "git var GIT_EDITOR" Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12  0:03               ` [PATCH 7/9] am -i, git-svn: use "git var GIT_PAGER" Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12  0:03               ` [PATCH 8/9] Provide a build time default-editor setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-12  0:04               ` [PATCH 9/9] Provide a build time default-pager setting Jonathan Nieder
2009-11-15  9:04               ` [PATCH v4 0/9] Default pager and editor Junio C Hamano
2009-10-29 16:42     ` [PATCH 0/2] Default Pager and Editor at build-time Ben Walton
2009-10-29 16:42       ` [PATCH 1/2] Provide a build time default-pager setting Ben Walton

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