odd behavior with export LESS=i

odd behavior with export LESS=i

[E R]

Is this a problem with less or with git?

>From the shell if I run:

export LESS
LESS=i git log

then I see things like ESC[33m instead of colored text.

If I run:

unset LESS
git log

then I get colored text.

Note that the environment variable LESS is used to pass default
command line switches to less.

Re: odd behavior with export LESS=i

[E R]

Ok - I've just read the git-config man page (the section on
core.pager) which explains everything..

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 12:18 PM, E R<pc88mxer@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is this a problem with less or with git?
>
> From the shell if I run:
>
> export LESS
> LESS=i git log
>
> then I see things like ESC[33m instead of colored text.
>
> If I run:
>
> unset LESS
> git log
>
> then I get colored text.
>
> Note that the environment variable LESS is used to pass default
> command line switches to less.
>

Re: odd behavior with export LESS=i

[Sverre Rabbelier]

Heya,

On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:18, E R<pc88mxer@gmail.com> wrote:
> export LESS
> LESS=i git log
>
> then I see things like ESC[33m instead of colored text.

That's because (as you could read in less'
way-too-long-for-a-damn-pager man page), you did not specify the magic
"-R" make-everything-work-like-it-should option, which turns on the
display of escape sequences (which are used to color your terminal).


> If I run:
>
> unset LESS
> git log
>
> then I get colored text.

That's because if not set, git default to setting LESS to -FXRS (which
includes the -R option). Solution is to either not set LESS, or to
include -R if that's indeed what you want.

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier